Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)

There was an increase. As the Deputy can imagine, events in 2021 were extremely different compared to today. We were coming out of Covid-19. As those of us who were in the Oireachtas at the time will recall, as will people in the Deputy's constituency, there was a huge issue with passport turnaround time, which resulted in a backlog. Those issues have all been resolved and we now have a record passport turnaround time. We have sufficient staffing numbers based on that. There were staff increases but the number is fluid.