Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hours per day and the number of days per week in which his officials are present in each airport and port within the State in tabular form. [38260/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine maintains a permanent presence at ports and airports that are designated as border control posts. As well as fulfilling Ireland's responsibilities in terms of import controls into the European Union, these staff are involved in pet checks, exports of live animals, checks on personal consignments of imported plants and food, and checks on the disposal of catering waste. There are four border control posts (BCPs) currently designated in Ireland. These are located at Dublin Airport; Dublin Port; Rosslare Port and Shannon Airport. The hours of operation of these border control posts are as follows

In addition to permanent presence at ports and airports that have BCPs, Department staff attend at other ports and airports, as the need arises.