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Wed 03 Mar 2010Passport staff union issues protective strike notice
Passport services could be moved to another department or even outsourced to private operators as the backlog of unprocessed applications reached 50,000, a senior Government official warned today.
Long queues have formed again today at the Passport Office in Dublin where low-level industrial action by staff has led to significant delays for people hoping to collect passports.
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