Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Professor Ferguson. This engagement is informative and necessary. I agree that we need a pilot scheme as soon as possible so that this can be brought into operation in respect of aviation. Professor Ferguson spoke about how PCR testing is more accurate. This issue can be dealt with by having more rapid antigen testing. How many such tests are needed to make up for this deficiency? What is the false positive rate? Is it one in 1,000? What would be necessary? Does Professor Ferguson have any indication of the cost of those better quality tests? Obviously, the system would be a lot less costly if mandatory hotel quarantining and so on were to be dispensed with.