Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)

The thrust of my argument is to examine facilitation. I appreciate that we do not seek to interfere with the common travel area but the common travel area should not be the sacrificial lamb to get more movement to attract tourism. A tourist from outside the EU arriving in Belfast for an all-island tourism experience and travelling by train to Dublin via the Minister's constituency must apply for two visas. We should examine this difficulty. I ask the Minister to engage with his neighbours across the water and examine harmonisation for tourism.

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