Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

You have raised it before now but it has not been time and again.

This has been a particular problem over the past several weeks. Changes have ensured passport services have improved dramatically in the past year. We must deal with the facts. The processing time for passport express renewal applications is now 16 days again. This was reduced from 23 days two weeks ago for the reasons I outlined.

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