Ms Cathriona Hallahan:

There was a question about applying for passports on-line. We are not getting rid of physical passports, which are key to access, but we want to make it more efficient and easier for the consumer to apply and be issued with a passport and to be able to interact in real time if they have any queries, so the usual to-ing and fro-ing in the post can be avoided.

In response to the question of whether moving to the cloud will lead to job displacement, our view is that it drives efficiency and gives an opportunity to redeploy resources into the areas where investment is needed. That is our focus - driving efficiency and productivity to give the chance to reinvest in future activities.