Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to add my appreciation for the passport service. All of us have come across genuine emergencies requiring immediate issue of passports and the service has been extremely co-operative and supportive.

In response to the tragic history of abuse of our passports by agents of other governments, including Israel and, perhaps, Russia, improvements have been made to the bolometric structures attached to passports. How secure are our passports compared to those of other countries? Are we at a stage where agents of foreign countries will no longer be able to abuse our passports?