Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Report of the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group: Discussion with Science Foundation Ireland

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Following on from that, how long would it take to get a pilot scheme up and running? Has Professor Ferguson had interaction with the Government about setting up such a pilot scheme? If there was a pilot scheme up and running and the barcode system was in place, coupled with the vaccination programme now under way nationwide, including here, and with the digital green pass now being considered by the European Commission, how quickly could antigen testing become the standard test for pre and post-departure testing of those travelling into and out of Ireland?

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