FG TD: Rename 'Passport Express' as it is not the fastest way to apply

There are currently 195,000 passport applications in the Passport Service system but this 'does not represent a backlog' according to Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.

The Passport Express system should be renamed "so that it is clear to customers that it is not the fastest method of application", a Government TD has said.

The Department of Foreign Affairs currently advises that the Passport Express postal option has an eight-week turnaround time for first-time applications, compared to online renewals at 30 working days.