This will speed up things no end.
Dublin Airport will be introducing new border control gates in order to enhance security and speed up immigration queues.
E-gates will let travellers with biometric passports or Irish passports cards go through by scanning their document and having their photo taken.
According to Newstalk, Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan made the announcement on Sunday morning and said that the gates would be installed “at the Irish State’s ports of entry.”
There will be ten of these gates in each terminal meaning 20 in total at Dublin Airport.
In a statement the Minister for Justice said:
“The introduction of e-Gates will greatly enhance our immigration controls, including our border security, while at the same time providing an improved passenger experience through self-service and speedier passage through the immigration process,”
There is a chance that more gates will be added in due course at other airports in Ireland.
For the time being though, e-Gates will be available to Irish and EU travellers over 18-years-of-age carrying biometric Passports or Irish passport cards.
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