Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No 237 of the 8 May 2007, if the new CBP full pre-clearance facility which is being built at Shannon Airport will be ready for processing of passengers in December 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the DAA that the project for the commercial US CBP Pre-clearance facility at Shannon Airport, which includes an extension to the current Terminal Building, is ready to commence at short notice but building has not commenced.

As I have recently stated, preclearance will require the conclusion of an inter-Governmental agreement with the US and new legislation, pending conclusion of the agreement. The DAA expects that the duration of the works would be 7 months from the time that agreement with the US is notified.