Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion
Mr. Filip Cornelis:
On the one hand, there is the Council recommendation to reopen non-essential travel with a limited list of third countries, a list that is updated regularly. That work is continuing. On the other hand, work is ongoing in the context of the International Civil Aviation Organization to produce guidance that is quite similar to what we are doing in Europe and what we have done with the EASA and the ECDC. There has been similar guidance on the measures to be taken during the flight and discussions are ongoing on the question of testing for air travel. That is the kind of place where these discussions take place but, at the end of the day, it is for each country's public health authorities to make decisions on whether to follow the guidance that is produced.
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