Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Department of Foreign Affairs
Pre-Clearance Facilities at State Airports
11:00 pm
Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to discussions between the US authorities and Dublin Airport Authority on the wish of the USA to provide full pre-clearance facilities at Dublin and Shannon Airports which would allow greater flexibility for Irish and other EU citizens to travel to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12073/06]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Irish citizens travelling to the United States are best facilitated by the provision of pre-clearance facilities at our airports. This is particularly so in view of the large rise in the number of Irish citizens travelling to the United States, and also given the current security climate in relation to international air travel. The present system of pre-clearance at Dublin and Shannon Airports is widely appreciated by our citizens and, in principle, I would be very pleased to see it developed further.
While primary ministerial responsibility for the issue lies with the Minister for Transport, I can confirm that the US authorities have raised their wish to extend the pre-clearance facilities at Dublin Airport with officials of my Department.
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