A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the upsurge in people from Northern Ireland and Britain applying for Irish passports is a result of Brexit.
There have been 94,000 first-time applications from people born in the North and Great Britain so far in 2019.
Overall over 900 thousand Irish passports were issued this year which is a new record.
Sinn Fein TD Martin Kenny says many people want to remain part of the European Union:
