Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-18
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

I understand the question. All of us know Dublin Airport well. Deputy McNamara knows with regard to anyone who comes in without travel documents that there are GNIB officers and immigration officers who interview each of these individuals. Nobody walks straight into the country. They are interviewed. There can be valid reasons, as Deputy McNamara has also said, as to why people would not have travel documents. At the point of exiting the country, one would expect that if they are travelling from another country, they would have travel documents to get on the flight in the first instance. There can be security or personal reasons that people would not have that documentation when they arrive in Dublin. I do not have a specific answer as to why. I am sure there is no direction to say there should be no prosecutions in this regard.
Detailed interviews are held with people when they arrive in our ports and in Dublin Airport not just seeking asylum but without travel documentation. Deportations happen in Ireland too. The Deputy is aware of that as well.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-18