The fact remains that the CTA could not continue to operate if Ireland were to participate in the Schengen agreement on border controls while the United Kingdom did not. To do so would result in a situation where the land border with Northern Ireland would become the external border of the Schengen area. Ireland would be required to apply the Schengen agreement provisions on the external border AND TO IMPOSE SYSTEMATIC CHECKS and monitoring on all persons travelling to Ireland from the UK by air, sea and land. This is obviously something that no Irish Government would seriously contemplate. The reality is that we cannot operate a common travel area with the UK and unilaterally be part of the Schengen zone at the same time.
MR Shatter
We have this already at DUBLIN airport on entrants from CTA and Schengen
Noel O Ca
Posted on 23 Sep 2013 1:51 am
The fact remains that the CTA could not continue to operate if Ireland were to participate in the Schengen agreement on border controls while the United Kingdom did not. To do so would result in a situation where the land border with Northern Ireland would become the external border of the Schengen area. Ireland would be required to apply the Schengen agreement provisions on the external border AND TO IMPOSE SYSTEMATIC CHECKS and monitoring on all persons travelling to Ireland from the UK by air, sea and land. This is obviously something that no Irish Government would seriously contemplate. The reality is that we cannot operate a common travel area with the UK and unilaterally be part of the Schengen zone at the same time.
MR Shatter
We have this already at DUBLIN airport on entrants from CTA and Schengen