112,000 applications, nationwide, yet to the processed.
Just shy of 2,500 people in Kildare are waiting to have their passports processed.
That's according to Kildare South Sinn Féin TD, Patricia Ryan.
She says the total across IReland is 112,000.
To date in 2021, the Passport Service has received almost 4000,000 passport applications, including 2,393 in Kildare.
The workload is being handled by around 500 staff, some of whom are working weekends.
Deputy Ryan says "I am calling upon the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, as the individual who bears the ultimate responsibility for his department, to ensure that there are sufficient staff on hand to deal with demand at this time. The responsibility lies with Minister Coveney, and he must act accordingly.”
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