Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am very much aware of the problems people are facing. We need to get on top of it as it is impeding people from getting to college if they need to drive to college and getting to work if they need to drive to work and the situation is not at all acceptable. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, is working on the matter with the Road Safety Authority, RSA, which is trying to hire additional staff, which would help us to get through the backlog. We will get through it. A couple of months ago, if I was standing in the Dáil we would have been talking a lot about the backlog of people waiting for passports or work permits but with additional staff and automation we have managed to get on top of those delays and I assure the Deputy we will get on top of this one too.

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