Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Dr. Holohan, Dr. De Gascun and Mr. Morris and thank them for their ongoing work on behalf of the Irish people. I am going to put a few things to our guests that we have heard from others who know more about the aviation sector than I do. Mr. Eddie Wilson of Ryanair was recently before the committee. He sought to paint Ireland's approach to the movement of people in a rather dark shadow or cloud. He suggested that our restrictions on foreign travel are completely out of line with the rest of Europe. I put that to our guests and ask them to respond, if they would.

Dr. Holohan has talked about the incidence rate in other countries. Are there ongoing conversations with people of his standing and at his level in Europe? I know some conversations happen through the ECDC and WHO but is there any specific sharing of data or peer review of actions that are taken, etc.?