282. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Passport Service does not recognise the Irish language when on photographic ID, required for passport application, where the applicant applies with their name in English, as per their birth certificate; the reason the passport office does not recognise our first language as being the same name in English, as it is in Irish; if he will examine this and seek a change within the passport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29403/26]

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282. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Passport Service does not recognise the Irish language when on photographic ID, required for passport application, where the applicant applies with their name in English, as per their birth certificate; the reason the passport office does not recognise our first language as being the same name in English, as it is in Irish; if he will examine this and seek a change within the passport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29403/26]

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