Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Travel Restrictions

Photo of Colm BrophyColm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I just want to come back in because I have 52 seconds left.

The problem I have with that thinking is very simple. If one continues that on to the basis of what Mr. Breslin is saying, then there is no international travel until a vaccine. If that is the case, and that is our thinking, then we need to spell that out because of the implications for our tourism and the hospitality sector. I cannot remember the exact figures but it was approximately 10 million visits last year versus a population of half that effectively on the island. If everybody holidays at home, we simply do not have enough people here to sustain our tourism and hospitality industries. When can they see some light? At the moment, we seem to be turning the light off on them completely, while other countries, again with much worse Covid rates, have made the decision that it is safe for them to re-open.

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