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The current turnaround times for straightforward adult online renewals are 10 working days, and 15 working days for complex or child online renewals ....
It will be months yet before full services resume at the Passport Office, with officials “confident” that any backlog can be cleared in eight weeks. Figures for 2019, when a record 900,000 passports were issued, suggest that 200,000 passports have not been issued or renewed in the first three months of this year. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said a resumption of some passport processing will not resume until the country moves to Level 4 restrictions, while full services will only resume under Level 3. It has been confirmed that some passport staff have been temporarily reassigned to the Department of Health to combat the Covid-19 emergency. ....