Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the issue relating to passports, God knows, a holiday is a very precious thing at present. We really know the value of being able to leave the country and travel elsewhere now. For constituents to find themselves unable to do it at the last moment due to a passport difficulty, we all know and are dealing with the difficulties that creates. The Minister for Foreign Affairs is doing all he can to put additional staff in place to respond to the issues the Deputy has raised and to look at how we can make more efficient use of IT in dealing with these issues. If it has not already been done, we can look at the particular matter the Deputy raised and see if we can help further. In general, we are very aware of how challenging this is.

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