If you have lost your passport or if it has been stolen, please contact the Passport Office as soon as possible.  You must also report this to the nearest Police Station. You must complete Section 6 'Statement of Loss' on the application form. Pease also have the police sign Section 6 as well, or attach a written statement from the local police that the theft was reported. 

If you have lost your passport while on a short-term stay and need to travel home to Ireland urgently, please contact the Passport  Office  to discuss the option of obtaining an Emergency Travel Certificate.   You must also report the loss or theft of your passport to the nearest police station. 

To obtain a new passport you should complete a passport application form APS2.  This should be witnessed by one of the eligible witnesses listed on the application form.  The application form includes a section [Section 6 - Statement of Loss] to enable you to provide details or the circumstances of the loss of the passport.   You should provide a full explanation of the circumstances. 

When applying for your new passport you must resubmit your documents showing your proof of citizenship as if you were applying for the first time, e.g. Birth Certificate and marriage certificate, if applicable. 

If you have a poor passport record, i.e. have lost two or more passports, it is likely that only very limited passport facilities will be given for specific travel purposes.  On each occasion on which a passport is issued, even when this is a limited validity passport, the full passport fee will be payable. 

Remember: Your passport is a valuable document so keep it in a safe place while you are at home and look after it carefully when you are travelling.