Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It seemed to pull back on some of that as the discussions went on and said it would review things around Christmas time. I know the Shannon Group will play its part for the region, but it is very important that full clarity is brought to bear in that regard, in particular in the case of Aer Lingus whose departure from flying out of Shannon seems further off than its counterpart, Ryanair.

We sense the huge frustration from the airlines that there is not uniformity across the EU member states. Mr. Eddie Wilson from Ryanair said Germany, Italy, France and Spain had good regimes that are very workable in terms of dealing with orange and red regions. He felt that only those four member states out of 28 had good regimes in place. I understand the situation. In a vacuum of uniformity, there must be some departmental negotiation going on between the Department of Transport and the airports. What kind of run-in time is needed for a pre-departure testing regime from it being announced politically to having it operational?