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

The Government decision was quite quick. The European decision was only made on 13 October and the following week we went to Cabinet with a decision and set the deadline of 8 November because we recognised it would take time to change the passenger form and ensure the other arrangements were in place. It will take slightly longer to make arrangements for the red list which is there. We are looking to ensure there is some testing capability here that does not interfere with the HSE. In truth, that exists already. If someone in this room was looking to travel to another country and wanted to get a PCR test in advance of flying, they can do it at the moment. It is quite expensive. It depends on location and the timelines. I do not expect the immediate numbers to be very large because the numbers of passengers at the moment are low.