Mr. Niall Burgess:

An FBR applicant would not need to apply again. The time limit on passport applications is that there is a requirement that the photograph be a current image. Therefore, that requires the photograph submitted to have been taken within six months. That does not apply to FBRs.

Ms Jones was talking about the passport reform project and the intention is that as this project concludes, we will bring FBR applications online as well. It is not sustainable that one waits 12 or 18 months for an application to be processed. The intention with the reform programme is to bring it online so that it is issued with the kind of efficiencies with which passports are issued.