Mr. Evan Cullen:

I agree with an awful lot of what the Deputy said, but we must stick to the facts. According to the Minister for Health, four cases have come from the USA since 1 June. That is a fact people cannot get away from. We have no difficulty with testing people before they travel to Ireland. We have no difficulty with parts of the USA and Europe not being on the green list. However, a balance must be struck. There must be a counterbalance to this argument. Ireland has deviated from the recommendations of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. We are interested in the reason for these deviations. It has never been explained to us. There seems to be a lack of balance in the entire debate. The sooner we have robust testing regimes, robust passenger location follow-up and a holistic plan of action, the better. Conversely, if the Government is determined to keep going the way it is going and refuses to tell us what has to happen before aviation is resumed, it needs to assist us before there is no aviation industry left.