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

I cannot comment on specific cases but I am being told it does not go to the back of the queue. We constantly recruit staff. We have had 18 competitions since 2021 to address staffing needs in the passport service and 200 temporary clerical officers have been assigned to that service since January 2023, in the context of further measures. I will look at that case to see if it illustrates a wider problem. These are basic things involving stamping of forms. We should be practical on all sides in processing these issues.

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