What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

I never get the logic of this. Sure, maybe with the UK, but even then, the vast majority of people go through one or more points where they need to identify themselves to State officials, with their details being taken.

No, noone from the UK or EU has to tell anyone that they live here.

I think everyone living here should have to register at a local council office.

Far too many people here that we know nothing about.

When I fly into an airport or enter by a port, my ticket details are logged. Those tickets will generally have my name and passport ID. Passport control often happens on both sides of the travel, so it would be easy to log details of people entering the country. There are plenty of places where people's details will be logged, which can provide a record of travel or arrival in a country. The same with the automatic car readers on motorways which automatically charge a persons credit card, and those details would be logged by revenue.. allowing the State to know if EU citizens are in the country.

You have an extremely limited viewpoint as to where our identification is logged when travelling across borders.

You make it sound like nobody is interested in such details, but the system is already in place to detect those travellers coming in from non-EU countries.. and so, it's far more likely that everyone who arrives with such details is recorded.

During covid, all travellers coming into Ireland, were required to fill out forms and identify themselves for contact tracing, but also for other reasons too. The idea that the State is not aware of who is arriving into Ireland through conventional means is ridiculous.

I agree that those coming by land from N.Ireland or those coming into Ireland by small boats without registration can enter without being detected, but the numbers would be small in comparison to the whole, and your claim was about the whole.... which simply isn't true.

As for the rest, I agree that all aliens should need to register and be tracked while in the country (regardless of whatever agreements Ireland has with the UK/NI).

No, Bubbly, EU passport holders will be checked on entering the country coming from a non-EU nation. I know.. I've always had my passport checked when arriving back in Europe from China.

Secondly, in most cases, you will have to pass over boarding information to the flight crew, and those tickets (and passports) will enter a system that the airport, and State officials will have access to. Never mind the security control points who also check ticket information and identification for people travelling, which would also be recorded and sent to the authorities. In many airports, even when there isn't a actual passport control, tickets/passports will be scanned to allow access into the airport itself after leaving the plane.

Covid forms would be recorded, and those records would hold information on the identity of travellers, allowing them to be tracked.

As I said, you have a very limited viewpoint on how our identities are registered or detected. You're clutching at the idea that people don't need to show their passports for inter-European travel, but in reality, there are many areas where our identification is required, and considering the power of computerised systems, it's relatively easy for information to be passed between different organisations.

I am well aware that those things can be tracked, as I said, we can find out who entered the country, should there be reason to check.

EU passports enter Ireland in the same queue, no matter where they have come from. A.cursory check to make sure photo and person match is all that is required.

data protection forms, used for covid only, and nothing else

I'm not clutching at any straws. I am well aware of how to track people, however that is not done unless there is a reason, such as after a crime has been committed.

I have consistently stated that Ireland do not know what EU or UK citizens may be living here as there is no requirement for anyone to register their domicile here. I believe you agree.