Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 July 2021
450. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hours per day and the number of days per week in which his officials are present in each airport and port within the State in tabular form. [38260/21]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine maintains a permanent presence at ports and airports that are designated as border control posts. As well as fulfilling Ireland's responsibilities in terms of import controls into the European Union, these staff are involved in pet checks, exports of live animals, checks on personal consignments of imported plants and food, and checks on the disposal of catering waste. There are four border control posts (BCPs) currently designated in Ireland. These are located at Dublin Airport; Dublin Port; Rosslare Port and Shannon Airport. The hours of operation of these border control posts are as follows
|
Port or Airport |
DAFM officials are present: |
|
Dublin Port |
Monday to Sunday 24 hours |
|
Rosslare Port |
Monday to Sunday 04:00-22:00 |
|
Shannon Airport |
Monday to Saturday 06:00-18:00 Sunday 08:00-16:00 |
|
Dublin Airport Terminals |
Monday to Sunday 07:30-21:00 |
|
Dublin Airport BCP |
Monday to Friday 09:00-17:45 |
In addition to permanent presence at ports and airports that have BCPs, Department staff attend at other ports and airports, as the need arises.
