John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

Just before we broke for the vote, I asked about the passport piece. A lot of the public who will be watching will be interested in this. Will the Minister of State elaborate a little on the usability of the passport card? Where can we use it? How do we get it? Do we still need our passport?

On the applications for passports, will the Minister of State say a little bit more about where they are coming from? I presume the bulk of them are through the post and online these days. What proportion of people turn up in person to the Mount Street office? I presume a lot of them are in the emergency category.