Some years ago in an effort to facilitate citizens outside Dublin, of whom there is quite a number, a passport sub-office was opened in Cork which helped greatly to relieve pressure on the Passport Office in Molesworth Street. I think that has proved very successful. I am sure the Minister's file will give him figures to support that claim. Would he now consider opening offices also in Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Sligo, population centres like that? The ordinary person in Dublin who applies for a passport just has to pay his £30. If you want a passport and are living in Cork you have to pay out the train fare as well to get to Dublin, something Dublin Deputies sometimes forget. It is very much more expensive to live outside Dublin. Will the Minister agree that opening an office in Cork was a success? If he agrees with that, will he then consider opening offices in other population centres?

I will tell you what I will do for Deputy Barry. I will have an examination carried out on the success or otherwise of the office in Cork, the cost involved etc. and if I think it is practical——

And toilets?

——we will see what we can do in Limerick, Galway and a few more places. I will not readily take the suggestion on board but I will examine it and see what is involved and whether we would be justified in adopting it.

I think the Minister's predecessor thought it was justified.

I remember in earlier times there was talk about closing down the office in Cork. That was when we were pulling back a little because money was scarce.

That would be typical. There was no question of closing down Dublin of course; it had to be Cork.

The Deputy would probably have mixed feelings if that happened. He may have liked it to happen but with his former Foreign Affairs hat on I am sure he would not have liked it to happen.

That would be the thinking of the Pale.