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
Professor Mark Ferguson:
Yes, I am supportive of putting a pilot in place immediately. The report said we should carry out pilots at scale and as quickly as possible. As I explained previously, that is mostly related to logistics. It is a little related to learning, but it is also about logistics and getting the right people involved. I am fully supportive of that. In addition, I am fully supportive of some form of digital passport that could incorporate the vaccination status and testing. That has been tried in Israel and in a number of other places. It is going to be a way of understanding how to engage safely in activities that people want for the sustainable reopening of the economy and society.
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