Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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To be clear, it is not the case that everybody comes without documentation. People who have been in the UK cross with documentation to seek asylum. It is the case that if people are identified as having come from Northern Ireland, they can have that procedure applied to them or we can designate somewhere as a port of entry. That is what we have for our ports and airports. If we were to apply it somewhere else, that would have implications in cases where, for example, somebody arrived at a port or airport without documentation or seeking asylum. That is open for us to do. When we have more than 400 crossings along the Border, that is a significant challenge.