"This work has several components, including offering timely and compassionate advice to Irish citizens in challenging circumstances, publishing accurate travel advice for more than 200 countries and territories and responding to crises overseas,"
"The 2025 statistics show a consistently high level of demand for our services. In addition to an overall increase in case numbers, consular teams continue to provide assistance in a high number of long-running, complex cases. I am keenly aware that these cases are particularly challenging for our citizens and their families."
"I want to pay tribute to the hardworking staff in our Embassies and Consulates around the world who, alongside the team based in the Department's headquarters in Dublin, provide round-the-clock assistance to our citizens. This important work also includes authenticating 59,000 Irish documents for business or personal use overseas, and the issuance of more than 2,400 civil letters of freedom to enable Irish citizens to marry abroad."
The Department provided consular assistance to 1,981 new cases in 2025, marking the fourth consecutive annual increase in case numbers. More than one-in-five new cases related to the death of an Irish citizen overseas. Prisoner cases rose by 48% and cases involving mental health and wellbeing increased by 13%. Consular support covered missing persons, serious injuries, arrests, victims of crime, mental health issues and deaths abroad, excluding ongoing responses to crises in the Middle East. Consular teams authenticated 59,000 Irish documents for use overseas and issued over 2,400 civil letters of freedom to enable marriage abroad.
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