Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for checking out the question about the photograph. It will be interesting to see what the situation is and to make sure that that problem can be corrected. I also acknowledge the huge effort that has been made in improving the Garda form, because that had been a major problem for people. The validation of an application, once it arrives, also needs to be corrected such that, as soon as an application comes in, it is checked to make sure that if there are any issues, people have the opportunity at that stage to rectify them instead of letting time run on it.

Finally, regarding the Cork printer, I hear the advice the Minister is getting and I accept that there is capacity in the printer in Dublin. It is hugely important, however, to see this from a Cork and a southern perspective, that is, that if people are travelling out of Cork and time is tight and there is pressure for passports, going up to Dublin only to turn around to come back down again has to be taken into consideration. If there is a printer in Cork, it would be much more practical to be able to get passports printed in Cork and for people to collect them on the way to the airport if time is tight, instead of having to go to Dublin for them.

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