Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I praise the work of the staff in the Passport Office, on whom phenomenal pressure was placed at some points. It cannot have been an easy place to work at times and that needs to be acknowledged. As difficult as that scenario was from our perspectives, I can only imagine the pressure on the other side of the equation. The Minister spoke about the bulk purchase in advance of passport books, which is clever. However, it has raised a curious question, that is, from where do we buy those passports? Where do our passport books come from?