Passport offices need 70 extra staff

A REVIEW of the country’s passport offices by the Labour Relations Commission has concluded that 20 clerical officers need to be hired as well as 50 temporary officers if the passport service is to properly meet public demand.

Passport offices need 70 extra staff

The review was put in place following industrial action at the offices last March over the public service pay cuts imposed by the Government.

In a report following a two-month investigation into how the Cork city, Dublin city and Co Dublin offices worked, LRC chief Kieran Mulvey also stated there was a “fundamental level of misinformation” amongst the public around the depth of work undertaken to process passports.

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