Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have a very serious situation in this country in regard to accessing passport services. I want to put forward a number of solutions and I hope the Minister will work with us to try to achieve them. The first must involve addressing the issue of staffing. I note that he said earlier that more staff have been taken on. In addition, passport offices must be fully reopened to the public. People could solve a lot of their issues at the desk. We also must look at post offices, where there is capacity to increase foot flow and where much more could be done in terms of passport services. This is very important at a time post offices such as that in Goleen are due to close in the next few weeks.

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