Emer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Corrigan. We, as a committee, are aware there are question marks for visa nationals, not even because of Brexit but because of divergences in visa schemes. There are also question marks over short-stay periods when someone crosses the Border. That has a very real impact on Border life. It impacts where people can send their children to school or whether they can be allowed to go on a school trip, and impacts access to cross-Border services. This is an area we are familiar with because of visa divergences. Is Mr. Corrigan saying that this UK legislation heightens the potential consequences to a dramatic scale? In that past, there would have been uncertainty and fear about immigration controls and this legislation cements those with something very frightening in respect of what happens when a migrant or visa national comes across immigration control. It is not that their circumstances have changed but that the consequences will potentially change because of this legislation.