Mr. Ray Gray:

The issue of testing passengers, whether coming in or going out of the airports, is a matter to be determined by the authorities based on medical advice. We provide the facilities at the airports for everything that happens there, but the question of whether there should be testing, what form it should take and whether it should be done on arrival or departure are matters to be determined by the State. As I think the Deputy will know, there are medical views that certain types of testing are not particularly effective and indeed may give rise to false positives. As such it is something to be considered carefully. Secondly it requires a lot of resources.