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Electronic Travel Authorisations: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an exemption to the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme for tourists travelling from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Irel

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 17 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 22 Jul 2024
Answer: 26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an exemption to the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme for tourists travelling from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Irel
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Government is in the process of reviewing a number of Home Office policies including this one and will make a decision in due course.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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