Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I will move on to the issue of airport checks and controls. In his opening statement Mr. Gray referred to the possibility that people might be required to take a Covid-19 test 72 or fewer hours before travelling and submit proof of a negative result prior to travel. We had the Department with us on Friday and they raised the prospect of a testing facility at the airport. There was a motion on the draft schedule for the Dáil on Friday but it has since been removed and a motion relating to prefabs or temporary structures being put in at the airport was substituted in its position.

A number of countries across Europe have a requirement for testing and being able to provide proof of a negative result. Is it the immediate intention of the DAA to proceed with a testing regime at the airport or what are the DAA's plans in that regard?