Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Today, as a member of the Regional Group, I called for Covid-19 testing at all of our airports. We are in great danger of bringing infection into the country with people travelling abroad to hotspots. It is absolutely feasible to do this using both public and private laboratories. I hope the group we are addressing today will bring that message to NPHET. We need to get this implemented as quickly as possibly in our airports and, potentially, our ferry ports before we finish up in October with a complete surge and no ability to treat critically ill patients.