Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

However, it will be shortly. I am positive about that aspect of it. Only recently it was extended to MEPs, who did not have access to it, but I decided to give a small number of them access as well. MLAs will now get access. I do not have information about the specific week or whenever we will have it. However, it will be happening shortly and it is ready to go. As I said earlier, 90% of applicants last year applied through passport online and that figure will continue to grow as the passport service's digital first strategy continues to roll out. In Northern Ireland, the demand is approximately 10% of total applications received by the passport service.

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