Ms Maeve Brett:

The clear guidance from the EU is that the checks of these documents must be done on departure. The rationale for that is to avoid unnecessary queues and congestion in arrival halls, particularly in Dublin Airport, as numbers scale up. The border management unit at Dublin Airport will carry out spot checks. Our colleagues at An Garda Síochána at the other ports of entry will do likewise, using the EU digital Covid certificate, DCC, verifier app.