Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise with the Tánaiste the issue of the public counter of the Probate Office having been closed since Covid. As he is aware, the death of a family member and the processing of probate can be a difficult experience for many families. It is not acceptable that a public counter is not available. Delays are being created because people have to put documents into a drop box and wait for the office to respond and emails to be sent. These things could be resolved much more quickly, as was often the case for a long time previously. Unfortunately, my questions on this issue have been disallowed because the service is not directly accountable to the Minister. We need the Minister to send a message that the service should reopen, however.

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