Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

Can the Minister of State inform me if the Government has any plans on how it might deal with the issue of passports or has it definitely ruled out the concept of outsourcing the service? The Department was asked to examine that option by KPMG in 2008. If this dispute continues, we cannot allow the public to be held to ransom. We must examine a mechanism to provide for the issuing of passports. That is our first obligation.

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