Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the border procedure, Senator Gallagher elicited from the Minister on the previous occasion that, in her view, 80% of applications for international protection were from people who had come to Ireland from the United Kingdom, and this was based on the proposition that they seem not to have gone through migration controls at ports and airports. Does the border procedure necessarily apply to somebody who arrives at Mount Street having been here for a period of time? Do the witnesses have a view on this? It seems to me the border procedure appears to be tied to the notion that a person is unlawfully present and has been detected entering.

I have a query, however, as to whether the board of procedures and all the accelerated time limits will apply to someone such as a student on a visa who goes to the IPO and looks for refugee status. Will it apply to them?