Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will put two brief questions to the Minister. First, will he take staff from other Departments and put them into the Passport Office to try to deal with the emergency? Second, and seriously, is it not time that the Department considered putting a passport office in the west? If there is a problem, it is not fair that someone from Galway, Mayo or Belmullet has to go to Dublin to resolve it. Although many passports are being processed online, there are still many that are not. This matter has been raised with me and every Member of the House. That is why the Minister has received so many questions about it today. People are upset.

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