Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy O'Rourke. I shall now turn to my own questions, which I put to both witnesses. Mr. Moriarty made reference earlier to what he believes the Government will implement under the new traffic light system from 8 November, namely, that persons arriving from green list countries could go unrestricted without undergoing any test, that arrivals from orange list locations should have the option to apply to have unrestricted movement if they have tested negative prior to departure and that passengers from red list countries could be restricted for five days but would have free movement on receiving a negative test result thereafter. Do the witnesses believe that if that system is implemented by the Government, with a rapid antigen test, it would be the panacea to ensure that the aviation sector can recover? I put this question to Mr. Wilson first.

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