Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank both Aer Lingus and Ryanair for their attendance here today.

Turning to Mr. Doyle, on Friday I spoke and he reflected what I had said then, which was to raise the question of urgency with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on these issues in respect of testing, in particular, at airports, together with other issues. I heard his response a couple of minutes ago. He stated that the stakeholders need to be involved. Will both Ryanair and Aer Lingus take a leadership position here and push the agenda, particularly in Europe, as Mr. Wilson has outlined? There is a travel arrangement there already for testing. Surely, we can get some of this adopted. Aer Lingus is the only indigenous long-haul provider there. Can we not get point-of-departure testing off the ground and should we not be able to do that in a matter of days? What is the block to this, please?