Brendan Ryan (Labour)

We claim to be interested in tourism. The Minister's quite contradictory reply contained an understandable desire to ensure that those who are paid to bring people into this State have a liability to ensure they meet our laws with a reasonable degree of consistency. The Minister is now seeking to transfer that liability to the owner or controller of every car coming into this State. Is it a good idea to erect signs at Roscoff, Fishguard and other ports informing people from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands who are coming here on holidays that they may have to pay a €1,500 on the spot fine if they do not have the correct immigration papers or that they can wait and go to court and perhaps pay a fine of €3,000.

If the Minister's contempt for this House extends to exchanging pleasantries with the Leader I expect you, a Chathaoirligh, at least to enforce the same regulations with him as you have done with me. I will not be treated in this manner by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform or any other Minister.