Yes, that has been going on for a little while now. It started with refugees having to have such, and is getting rolled out wider now.
It is rather a pointless exercise, since people can slip past the border, and once within the country there is no need to carry or produce ID. So as long as one avoids interactions with the authorities, one will not be tracked.
About all it will do is allow a count to be kept of the number of law abiding (non EEA & non Swiss) foreigners within the country.
If Brexit ever does occur, it may then also include the EEA countries and Switzerland (depending upon what reciprocal travel arrangements develop), but would not include the Irish.
It is rather a pointless exercise, since people can slip past the border, and once within the country there is no need to carry or produce ID. So as long as one avoids interactions with the authorities, one will not be tracked.
About all it will do is allow a count to be kept of the number of law abiding (non EEA & non Swiss) foreigners within the country.
If Brexit ever does occur, it may then also include the EEA countries and Switzerland (depending upon what reciprocal travel arrangements develop), but would not include the Irish.