Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland for the purpose of pleasure or holiday since March 2020. [35267/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not recorded by my Department. It was previously included on the Passenger Locator Form but was removed a number of months ago. Any historic data was deleted after 28 days.

The Border Management Unit (BMU) of my Department has responsibility for securing Ireland’s border at Dublin Airport, in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Acts and Orders as they relate to entry and refusal of entry to the State.

The BMU collected and checked Public Health Passenger Locator Forms at Dublin Airport between 28 April 2020 and 25 August 2020, and undertook the follow-up phone calls on arrivals into Dublin Airport and all other ports of entry nationwide on behalf of the health authorities.

This follow-up function transferred to the Department of Health on 26 August 2020. The BMU continue to collect and check the passenger locator forms at Dublin Airport before being passed to the HSE.