Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2276. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of official Border crossings with Northern Ireland; the location of such crossings; the classification of the roads leading to such crossing points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34918/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department together with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland recently published a report on the number of public road border crossings on the island of Ireland. This work commenced in autumn 2017 and the Report is now available on my Department’s website together with the associated 'crossings point data' set. The total agreed number of public road border crossings is 208.
The process in preparing the Report involved joint working prior to a final agreement on the number and type of public road border crossings. During this work, which among other things, involved consultation with the border county local authorities and the Road Management Office, four types of border crossings were identified:-
1. Locations where the borderline crosses a public road in both jurisdictions.
2. Locations where the borderline crosses a public road in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and a private road in Northern Ireland (NI).
3. Locations where the borderline crosses a private road in the Republic of Ireland and a public road in Northern Ireland.
4. Locations where the border runs along or near the centreline of a public road.
As the exercise was confined to public roads, the number of ROI private to NI private border crossings was outside the scope of the Report.
