Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That was specifically my question. I refer to the false sense of security.

It strikes me as surprising that Dr. Holohan is not being explicit in terms of a recommendation on the testing, which is an important component of the framework in terms of our identifying, tracking, tracing and dealing with Covid-19 but it seems to be a blind spot in terms of ports and airports. At the same time, we are saying that 25% of cases are associated with foreign travel and that, in the best-case scenario, we would lower the transmission on the island of Ireland but it will be an increasing risk for importing it from abroad and still we will have no testing in place.

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