Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 24 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on International Travel

Mr. Evan Cullen:

I cannot give the Deputy a definitive figure but I will say this. We have 1,200 members. We have not received one report of anybody contracting the virus at work. Members have suffered from the virus, but not one case has been work-related. That includes pilots who have been flying in the USA. As we speak, there are about 30 Aer Lingus staff in the USA every night. The number can be as high as 50 on some days. Not one of them has contracted the virus on their overnight stays in the USA. I will go back to my original point. Behaviour transmits the virus, not travel.

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