Irish passports here allow for Irish citizens to travel, live, and perform unrestrictedly in any state inside the European financial Area and Switzerland. Irish passports are issued because of the copyright Business, a division of the Department of international Affairs and Trade. All Irish passports are already biometric because 2006. The top-still left corner of the copyright card incorporates the biometric chip, which incorporates a duplicate of the information printed on the cardboard, and a facial scan in the holder.