Passport Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-31
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John Brady (SF), Wicklow

What analysis has taken place? I asked the previous Minister a number of times about increasing capacity, that is, opening new passport offices. I appreciate that a lot of the demand is online and that is where we are trying to drive people, but there will always be the need for people to walk into a passport office. What analysis has been done regarding opening a new passport office somewhere in the State? What analysis, if any, has been done on opening one in the North? Last year saw for the first time a significant increase of more than 128,000 passport applications - new and renewals - from the North, of which 50,000 were brand new. There is a real need for a passport office in the North. What analysis has been done on opening an additional office in the State and one in the North, where there is significant growing demand?

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Sitting date: 2023-01-31