Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

This proposal would change the section to mean that all non-nationals on board a vehicle seeking to land in this State, or pass through a port in the State to travel to another state, would have to disembark in compliance with any directions given by immigration officers. If we were to say that Irish nationals did not have to do so, the question would arise as to who would decide they were Irish nationals as they stared up at the side of the bus.