Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan:

The Garda National Immigration Bureau and ourselves do great work with the airlines. We founded and fund the training programmes for staff, and we have done direct training with their ground staff. We find that we get a great deal of assistance from them. They have no interest in allowing people who are not legitimate to board. We also have the option of carrier liability fines, which we apply. Over €1 million in such fines were imposed by the Garda last year. As a result of the efforts we have made, there was a reduction of 34% in the number undocumented persons arriving last year. That is notwithstanding the fact that overall passenger numbers increased during the same period. The impact of that is being assessed. The Garda also works closely with other airports and has a liaison officers overseas to assist at overseas locations. That is having a good impact also. We keep adjusting because the patterns and routes keep changing.