Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 May 2020
377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passengers who arrived through airports and seaports to date in May 2020; and the number who filled out public health passenger locator forms. [8177/20]
View answerThe passenger numbers for arrivals into Irish Airports and Seaports for May 2020 set out in the table have been provided by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
It should be noted that there will be a variance in the total passenger numbers versus the number of Public Health Passenger Locator Forms collected. This is due to the different data collection methods used by both Departments and that one Public Health Passenger Locator form may be used by family units/groups who intend to self-isolate together.
The Passenger arrivals data for airports from 1 May 2020 to 22 May 2020 are as follows:
|
Airport |
Passenger Arrivals |
|
Dublin |
11,671 |
|
Cork |
657 |
|
Shannon |
8 |
|
Kerry |
55 |
|
Donegal |
62 |
|
Total |
12,453 |
The precise total passenger arrivals into Irish Sea Ports are not available at this time. However the weekly combined totals of arriving and departing passenger were provided by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) up to 17 May. These are total passenger numbers on the Central, Southern and Continental routes. These figures are outlined below and represent combined arrival and departure numbers. On average, there tends to be an even divide between arrival and departure numbers but a precise breakdown will be available from the Central Statistics Office in the coming weeks.
For the information of the Deputy, an explanation of the route corridors is as follows:
- Central corridor (sailings from Dublin to Heysham, Liverpool and Holyhead)
- Southern Corridor (sailings from Rosslare to Pembroke and Fishguard)
- Continental Corridor (sailings from Ireland to the European Continent)
For the duration of the crisis the CSO will be publishing monthly Air and Sea Travel Statistics . The March figures were released on 13 May 2020. This release will publish the total number of persons arriving in Ireland from overseas and departing Ireland for overseas destinations. This information will be broken down by mode (air or sea), route (cross-channel, continental, etc.,) and staging country.
Total Passengers departing and arriving at Irish Sea Ports
|
Date Range |
27 April to 3 May |
4 May to 10 May |
11 May to 17 May |
|
Central |
1,433 |
1,871 |
2,380 |
|
Southern |
345 |
411 |
788 |
|
Continental |
455 |
695 |
1,133 |
|
Total |
2,234 |
2,977 |
4,301 |
Border Management Unit Immigration Officers at Dublin Airport, on behalf of the Health Authorities, commenced recording Passenger Locator Forms on 28 April 2020. These contacts were made as part of public health passenger checks under measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic. BMU currently only collect the Passenger Locator forms for Dublin Airport. The Garda National Immigration (GNIB) manage the compliance for the other ports after which the Passenger Locator forms are forwarded to the BMU in Dublin Airport, who also carry out the follow-up calls for those ports.
Dublin Airport:
The table below gives a breakdown of the total expected forms and the number completed during the period 01 May 2020 to 23 May 2020. It should be noted that the number of arrivals differs from the number of expected forms due to the fact that only one form is required per family.
|
Dublin Airport |
01/05/20 - 23/05/20 |
|
Total Expected Forms* |
10,875 |
|
Completed Forms Received |
7,799 |
|
*only one form completed per family |
Other Ports:
Forms for Other Ports are delivered to BMU at Dublin Airport for follow up action. As mentioned, BMU hold no records of the numbers of arrivals (expected forms). The data below includes numbers of forms received by BMU for follow-up action and of them the number who were exempt and therefore no follow-up action was required.
|
Dublin Port |
28/04/2020 - 21/05/2020 |
|
Total Forms Received by BMU |
6,044 |
|
Exempt |
5,171 |
|
Percentage Exempt |
86% |
|
Rosslare Port |
01/05/2020 - 19/05/2020 |
|
Total Forms Received by BMU |
1,545 |
|
Exempt |
1,273 |
|
Percentage Exempt |
82% |
|
Cork Airport |
29/04/2020 - 19/05/2020 |
|
Total Forms Received by BMU |
391 |
|
Exempt |
112 |
|
Percentage Exempt |
29% |
