Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that the airlines themselves have been looking at these matters. Aer Lingus is, for example, part of IAG and has, as I understand it, has been doing a lot of work with its partners on transatlantic routes with regard to passport and other arrangements. It has also looking at the different testing arrangements that might be put in place. The Dublin Airport Authority has been doing significant work here in supporting the introduction of passenger forms and call centres and in negotiating with potential providers of polymerase chain reaction, PCR, testing capability. It has been proactive in that regard. That makes sense because, if we are to introduce testing facilities at airports - which remains an "if" because there are other locations where it could be carried out given the structures being put in place - they will use the airports' facilities rather than those of the airlines. We listen to what the ECDC and the World Health Organization are saying. One of the reasons we went with the common European approach, which is common in the sense that it describes and sets out protocols for the green, amber and red classifications, is that it is left to national jurisdictions to decide what testing system to use.