Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

We have the passport appeals office and people can also avail of judicial review. I made this point earlier.

I take Deputy Lynch's point that people retain a number of passports. However, in addition to my earlier remarks, I should add that section 18 provides for circumstances in which a passport must be surrendered to the Minister or to the Garda. This is backed up by offences under section 20 regarding failure to surrender a passport when so required. This should provide sufficient deterrent to a refusal to surrender a passport. This is the reason I will not accept amendment No. 17.

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