What a reply and it says so much. The New Government asked permission from the U.K. to sign up to Schengen where full cooperation would be accorded in weeding out illegals and others engaging in social welfare fraud. The U.K. said NO for the nth time. If Ireland signed up to the desirable honour of sharing the control and protection of external borders of twenty five other countries and Ireland -SCHENGEN- then the Brits would seal the land border......so Ireland remains in a position of having to guard the twenty six counties from all......invaders....exactly as in 1939.
Ireland had a 'little chat' with Brussels and were told again that severe punitive acction would be taken if Ireland applied API to any passenger(s) arriving on flights from ANY country within the European Union. Ireland is free to do what it likes with arrivals from the U.S. or other foreign countries as is the case with some other E.U. states and particularly Spain. Surely it is time for Ireland now to take on Spain through the Commission and demand that Spain ends its application of API against Ireland.
Passengers travelling within all countries of the Union have freedom of movement may I remind Immigration at Dublin airport and cannot be asked where they 'are coming from' as I was recently when arriving from a fellow member state....Apologies to the fifty people severely delayed by my refusal to cooperate....even if I did volunteer 'from Schengen'.
I wonder are the Department of Justice prepared to fight Brussels again on the Irish passport (issue) that cannot conform to normal Europe biometric standards while Ireland remains outside Schengen. Thousands were spent on a long court case in the European Court but as we are now almost if not bankrupt maybe.....
Noel O Ca
Posted on 22 Sep 2011 8:11 pm
What a reply and it says so much. The New Government asked permission from the U.K. to sign up to Schengen where full cooperation would be accorded in weeding out illegals and others engaging in social welfare fraud. The U.K. said NO for the nth time. If Ireland signed up to the desirable honour of sharing the control and protection of external borders of twenty five other countries and Ireland -SCHENGEN- then the Brits would seal the land border......so Ireland remains in a position of having to guard the twenty six counties from all......invaders....exactly as in 1939.
Ireland had a 'little chat' with Brussels and were told again that severe punitive acction would be taken if Ireland applied API to any passenger(s) arriving on flights from ANY country within the European Union. Ireland is free to do what it likes with arrivals from the U.S. or other foreign countries as is the case with some other E.U. states and particularly Spain. Surely it is time for Ireland now to take on Spain through the Commission and demand that Spain ends its application of API against Ireland.
Passengers travelling within all countries of the Union have freedom of movement may I remind Immigration at Dublin airport and cannot be asked where they 'are coming from' as I was recently when arriving from a fellow member state....Apologies to the fifty people severely delayed by my refusal to cooperate....even if I did volunteer 'from Schengen'.
I wonder are the Department of Justice prepared to fight Brussels again on the Irish passport (issue) that cannot conform to normal Europe biometric standards while Ireland remains outside Schengen. Thousands were spent on a long court case in the European Court but as we are now almost if not bankrupt maybe.....