Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs

9:30 am

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before Ms Byrne comes in, the difficulty is you are on the website, have put in the details for an appointment and the next appointment you can get for a four-day turnaround service is 14 July. I would like clarification if weekends are included in that four-day turnaround. If they are, you would receive the passport on 18 July. That is not imminent. If you want to make an appointment for a same-day turnaround service, which is what most people will want, there is nothing on this website. There is an issue with this because if you go on to this at 3 a.m. - and you will have a fairly short window - there is a good chance you will get a specific time on a given day but no options. Does Mr. Conlon accept there is a problem in people being able to access imminent travel passports when they are required?

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