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

I commend the staff in the Passport Office, who have been going through probably the busiest two or three years the office has ever faced. I think everybody in this House has at some stage added to their burden in terms of dealing with urgent cases in particular. Will the Tánaiste ensure there are sufficient staff within the Passport Office to deal with demand during the busy summer period? Will he consider a mechanism that will allow urgent passport applications to receive an urgent appointment in order to secure passports, perhaps at the last minute, in unavoidable circumstances? There is a provision for emergency cases but not for urgent cases.

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