Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
An Irish citizen is prima facie entitled to enter Ireland. This does not inhibit the rights of Irish citizens to behave as they wish. All it does is cast on the carrier the obligation to take all reasonable steps to ensure everybody on board a aeroplane or ship presents himself or herself to an Irish immigration officer. Whether the Irish citizen has rights in those circumstances is immaterial.
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