Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

No, but there could be such screening in the preclearance area. The best way to describe this is that people currently go through the checks and the pre-inspection at Dublin Airport or Shannon Airport. When they arrive in the US they go through another process at the end. The US Department of Agriculture must clear them through and so on. Instead of that happening on the far side, it will happen on this side. There could be an extra layer, depending on what is happening at the time. Shoes might be screened, whereas that might not happen on this side. That kind of screening could happen.

I am sorry if I have not convinced the Deputy of the necessity of this, but the explanation I have given should meet his concerns.

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