Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2023
543. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there have been any instances in each of the past five years of there being no immigration officials present at Dublin Port as passengers boarded and disembarked. [24308/23]
View answerThe Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for frontline immigration duties at Dublin Airport only. Other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).
I am informed by the GNIB that the specific information requested by the Deputy is not available. However, a team of Immigration Officers are assigned to Dublin Port and are supplemented as required by officers from the DMR North Central Division. All arriving passengers will generally pass through immigration controls at Dublin Port.
I am informed by the GNIB that the information requested by the Deputy is not recorded.
