John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister misled this committee on a number of occasions with regard to passports. Use of the public services card was a mandatory requirement for first-time passport applicants and applicants whose passport had expired more than five years previously. There was no alternative means of obtaining a passport other than having a public services card. That is a fact. The Minister needs to correct the record of the Dáil on this matter.