Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 24 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on International Travel

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their contributions. As part of the Regional Group in the Dáil, I have called in the past week for polymerase chain reaction, PCR, Covid testing at Dublin Airport, acknowledging that there are flights originating from countries which we should have little concern about because they have diseases levels lower than our own. We absolutely have economic imperatives to fly to other regions, but we have concerns in that regard, mainly in respect of the USA. My proposal is to provide, through both Government and private industry provision, for a 24-hour turnaround of Covid testing at the airport, which is the same as we are doing in our hospital laboratories. From there, we can, as Mr. Cullen suggests, work through the contact tracing. Does Mr. Cullen believe this to be a feasible proposition for dealing with the matter at hand?

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