Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Minister first about persons coming to Ireland who will be affected by the border procedure. If somebody comes to Ireland as a transit passenger through, say, Paris, is ours the first country that has to deal with him or her under EU law, and will the border procedure apply to him or her? Second, if somebody comes in here from, say, the United Kingdom at an unspecified time and later claims asylum, does the border procedure have any application to him or her?