Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for presenting. I will focus on the UK Nationality and Borders Act and travel authorisation. This could have a negative effect on communities living along the Border in particular but also anyone crossing the Border bar Irish and British citizens. I live in County Cavan so someone from Poland or Lithuania who is living there could need permission just to go to County Fermanagh to visit a family member. It will affect people who work on one side of the Border and live on the other, people going shopping and tourism. It is simply ludicrous and could effectively create a hard border on the island of Ireland. Ms Gibney pointed to the potential for racial profiling on buses crossing the Border, which is particularly concerning. Does she have figures or research on the prevalence of these checks and how they have been selective along racial lines? If so, could she share them with the committee? I know she talked to the PSNI and An Garda Síochána. Could she share how frequent this practice is?