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

Mr. John Conlan:

We have kind of got the hurdle now. There were four different competitions to get to where we are and it is a detailed process. We are delivering the people now. I know they are coming in. Many have come in only recently, so we did not have all those people for the whole year. We have to train them. I have met some of them and, in fairness, they really are enthusiastic and learning quick, but there is a learning process. We have to protect the integrity of the Irish passport, and we do that with our training and systems.

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