First and foremost, I thank the Tánaiste and the excellent team in his office for their assistance with many urgent passport renewal cases over the years. People who find themselves in that predicament appreciate the helpful response he gives which has helped many people to rescue their travel plans that would otherwise have been lost.

It is April and many people are thinking about their holidays. I will ask about two matters that relate to passport renewals. First, has there been any progress on giving notification to people about the upcoming expiration of their passports? Second, could we look again at the possibility of putting a one-day rapid renewal printing service in the Cork passport office? It is available in Dublin. It is a great service, but to avail of it in the southern part of the country in the Cork office involves a four-day turnaround.

Thank you, Deputy.

It would be helpful if there was a one-day turnaround in Cork as well.

I love the way Kerry people always endeavour to look after the best interests of Cork.

Especially in Gaelic football.

Yes, particularly. I was in the Cork passport office just before Christmas. It is an excellent office. Generally speaking, it is at this time of year that people are beginning to make their queries and so on. The timelines have gone well in the past year and a half. The online application is very efficient at the moment and the passport service responds. I will come back to the Deputy on whether we are in the business of alerting people about expiry - I do not think we are - and on the machinery that is required for the one-day rapid facility. I have made inquiries about that already. We will see how it progresses.

I support that as well.

We are always eager to look after Kerry.