Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank those who have come in this morning to make presentations and thank them also for the work they have done in dealing with their members over the past four months. It has been a very challenging time. When one sees figures like the 90% reduction in flights in and out it is a huge hit for everyone.

What number of people are coming through Dublin Airport on a daily basis at present? If we were to set up a testing system what kind of numbers would we have to be able to process in a timely manner? Likewise with the other airports, I would like to have an idea of the numbers that are physically coming through.

The second issue I have on testing is whether it is really worth doing when one considers that the number of flights coming in from Belfast and from a very much increased number of destinations is far higher. There is no restriction on people coming south and rightly so but the fact is we have no control over what is coming through Belfast. As such I am wondering how the people looking for testing in airports here think that fits in with what is happening through Belfast?