Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to detail the number of people - beyond the one individual about whom we already know- who were stopped at the pre-clearance facilities in our airports. How do the Irish authorities become involved when such a decision is made? The Minister has been among the most vocal, if not the most vocal, of all Cabinet members in his disapproval of El Presidente. Uniquely among Cabinet Ministers, he opposed the Taoiseach paying the latter a visit on St. Patrick's Day. The credibility of his call on the Taoiseach would be greatly enhanced if he indicated his willingness to take decisive action to end the pre-clearance facilities at Dublin and Shannon should such a blatant Islamophobic arrangement be put in place again. Such a move might be hailed internationally and seen in the same light as the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. John Bercow, not to give permission for President Trump to address the British Houses of Parliament. Would the Minister be prepared to consider making such a stand?

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