Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

I do not know what the charge is in Dublin Airport at the moment. The United States charges $5 for post-clearance or preclearance as part of the ticket price. That is not going to change. At the moment, the pre-inspection charge is €1.50. As a result of all the changes being made, the charge for preclearance will increase to €10.50. If one does not want to pay €10.50 for preclearance, one will be able to choose to travel from Shannon to Dublin for the first 15 months of the new regime and pay €1.50 instead. I think people will prefer to use the preclearance facility. According to the contacts I have had with the Shannon Airport Authority, the €10.50 charge has not been the subject of any negative feedback.

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