Question follow-through · 2216
Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that introduction of the EU Entry/Exit System does not delay people travelling to Northern Ireland through Republic of Ireland (a) ports and (b) airports.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Asylum: Republic of Ireland · 18 Nov 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that introduction of the EU Entry/Exit System does not delay people travelling to Northern Ireland through Republic of Ireland (a) ports and (b) airports.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2024
Answer published
EES is a European Union initiative due to be introduced in the autumn of this year that applies to non-EU travellers visiting countries forming part of the Schengen area. As neither the Republic of Ireland nor Northern Ireland form part of the Schengen ar...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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