Ms Oonagh Buckley:

Mr. Comiskey may be able to clarify what the penalties are. They relate to measures in the Health Act.

On persons who arrive without the necessary public health checks, there are limited circumstance where persons have arrived from designated states. Generally, these people have EEA rights, are Irish or EU citizens or have a right to be in Ireland because they are resident here. We do not have a right not to allow them to enter the country, but what we do is prosecute them. They have a right to come in to Ireland; we cannot refuse an Irish citizen the right to come back home.