Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged with various airlines to see the additional measures that can be introduced to ensure all passengers passports/verified copy of passport is available to the authorities on arrival in Ireland. [14564/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Border Management Unit of my Department and the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) are working closely with airlines on a range of measures to ensure that passengers have valid documentation when boarding. Border Management Unit officials are available 24/7 to assist airlines with queries they have in relation to immigration matters.

Immigration Officials are actively engaging with airport authorities and airlines at a senior level to underscore the importance of passengers possessing correct documentation and to provide support in helping them to reduce the number of passengers boarding flights without the correct documentation.

The establishment of a person’s identity and nationality is an important feature of our immigration process. This is especially important in the context of persons who enter the Irish State for the purposes of making a claim for international protection.