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An Garda Síochána

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2024

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Questions (235)

Patrick Costello

Question:

235. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, in relation to recent Garda operations in collaboration with the PSNI which detected 157 people across 25 days of action between 1 October 2023 and 26 May 2024 who were "without the correct visas or identity papers" and who were refused leave to land, she will provide a breakdown of operations in terms of whether they took place at a ferry port, on a train, on a bus or at another location; the breakdown of nationalities of the 157 people refused leave to land; the number of people who were asked to produce visas or identity papers across these operations; the total number of people who successfully produced visas or identity papers when requested across these operations; the number of people returned to the UK by ferry as part of this operation; the number returned to Belfast; the number of people detained during these operations; the number of people who subsequently produced documents to verify their visa or identity, in tabular form. [25923/24]

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I have sought the information requested from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

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