Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht

Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)

5:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is no doubt that they have the best network and are in every corner of the country. We are examining services - for example, in respect of motor tax - that could be included. They should be doing that as well. We have a crisis with passports and I will ask the Department to examine the matter. It might not be simple because of the legalities involved. It is crazy that somebody from Mayo or Monaghan has to go to Dublin. Kerry people are not so badly off as they can go to Cork. In Mayo, a person must come to Dublin if there is a problem with his or her passport. If somebody is going on holidays tomorrow, he or she must come to Dublin to get a passport sorted out.

That might be a way to look at the post office. One might not be able to get-----

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