Petition receives more than 14,000 signatures over ‘extortionate’ €300 figure
In total, in the past 10 years, the State has generated more than €300 million from IRP cards fees, while it has cost €21 million to produce and deliver the cards.
“You can imagine how many times I’ve paid this fee. My husband joined me five years ago, so he’s paid all those times too. We’ve spent a fortune. It’s too much, it’s out of proportion,” she said. Senthil Kumar Ramasamy, from India, has been in Ireland for 23 years and paid fees every year until 2012, when he got his passport.Neil Bruton, campaigns co-ordinator with Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said the fee was “wildly disproportionate”.
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