Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Does he believe the decision of the UK to leave the European Union will lead to a further spike in the number of applications being submitted for Irish passports? Can he continue to provide additional staffing and resources when this happens?

Can the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade arrange that notification of the current passport waiting times is sent to all post offices in the country? Some post offices are informing applicants that the normal passport express time of ten days still applies. As the Minister knows, that is inaccurate. I ask that we keep post offices informed and wonder whether there is a cost effective way of doing so. It might be a major task, but with modern communications surely there is some way that post offices could be advised of accurate waiting times. They could put up notices to advise people of the current waiting times. If that could be arranged it would be very helpful.

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