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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: ...this year? Last year well in excess of 10% of the passports issued were issued to people in the North and Britain, and that will increase further. Will there be an additional requirement for the public services card to be used when applying for a new passport, whether it is a first passport or a renewal? If there is a plan to do this, would it mean that there was a different...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I have some very quick questions on the requirement for a public services card for a passport. I know we have thrown a lot at the Minister. I very much welcome the fact that the Minister will publish what he is going to do in 2019 with regard to the opening of new embassies and consulates. If the footprint also includes, which it does, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Ireland House...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the requirement for all first-time passport applicants aged 18 years of age and over to have a public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Passport Services (26 May 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...time back to 15 days. Applications for brand new passports or to replace lost or stolen ones require the production of the new public service card. Many people have not been issued with a public services card. They then have to make an appointment, further elongating the process. This is a major issue. We receive many complaints about it and it is causing a lot of anxiety for...