Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, further to comments that he made in Dáil Éireann in May 2010, he will make a new and comprehensive statement on the development of his plan to establish a passport office servicing the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31661/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As I explained to the Deputy on 16 June last I have asked my officials to examine the feasibility of providing passport production equipment in other parts of the country. However, I do not expect that a decision in this regard will be made in the short term. The priority for the Passport Service at present is to reduce the substantial backlog in passport applications and to restore the normal turnaround time for passport processing at the earliest opportunity. At that time the question of additional passport office services will be examined in more detail.