Written answers

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Department of Foreign Affairs

Passport Service

10:00 am

Photo of Pat BreenPat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will sanction the opening of a passport office in the mid-west region close to Shannon Airport in view of his recent comments regarding the need for the provision of additional passport offices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/10]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As I indicated on 20 May last I have identified the necessity to examine further contingency arrangements for passport production. This will include the provision of passport production equipment in other parts of the country, including the mid west region. I have asked my officials to examine the feasibility of providing this service. However, as the examination is at a very early stage it is premature to confirm if or when any additional passport offices might be opened. As of now and into the future, passport applications can be submitted through the Passport Express Service available at Post Offices across the Mid West and throughout the country.

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