Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----of such a prospect because this is more than business. It is about a service being provided to citizens. Yes, the vast bulk people apply online, wherever they are applying from. Urgent and emergency cases and appointments are usually made by people who have previously made their application online. It is because an urgency or an emergency emerges that they need access. It is a service we operate and we acknowledge that it operates, by and large, very well. It can operate better and one of the ways in which it could operate better would be if we had an office network which was actually accessible to people across the country.

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