Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

I do not know the answer to the Senator's second question. I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to answer that.

With regard to her first question, we are dependent on what Britain does because there is, and always has been, a common travel area between both jurisdictions. This has been a key part of our immigration strategy since the foundation of the State. We cannot take a move the British have not taken, on the basis that there is a land border between both jurisdictions and we are, consequently, dependent on them. We do not want to take a position relating to our nationals and their ability to travel on an east-west basis. That is why there is such dependency.