Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised)
3:00 pm
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Some 90% of passport applications are made through the Passport Express system. I note that one of the footnotes on programme B, on page 6, in terms of key output targets, identifies that 83% of Passport Express applications to receive passports within ten days are successful. There is a gap in that regard. I assume that the idea is that the expenditure on new technology this year will seek to address that gap and further enhance the Passport Express service. Is that the case?