Mr. Evan Cullen:

I beg the Deputy's pardon, that is 30,000 people per month. We are at less than 10% of the normal traffic flow for this time of year, that is the reality. In 2019 Dublin Airport handled circa 30 million passengers and we are now operating at less than 10% of that.

On testing, we believe it should be introduced at the airports for both arriving and departing travellers. On the basis of the scientific data we are satisfied that passenger-to-passenger does not occur. The ventilation systems on the aircraft are designed to deal with lots of viruses and diseases. The aircraft built by Boeing and Airbus are designed to be sold and operated all over the world where there are highly-transmissible and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. Therefore the filters and air conditioning used are specifically designed to prevent passenger-to-passenger transmission.

That is why we urgently need rigorous testing at the airports both for departure and arrival. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked an interesting parliamentary question about the level of follow-up on the passenger locator forms. Deputy Burke will recall the answer showed it is nonsense. There is very low follow-up and very low data exchange on these. In what few follow-ups there were - I believe calls were made in approximately 7% of cases - there were subsequently no replies to the follow-up calls.