Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion

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

I have a few points of clarification. The 12,000 passengers are all from flights from the US. Are they all from JFK? Mr. Bassato says positives amounted to 15 of the 12,036, which is 0.12%. Am I correct that the airport authorities look for a negative antigen or PCR test taken 48 hours prior to arrival into Rome airport? On arrival to Rome airport, the passenger is obliged to take a rapid antigen test carried out by the health authorities in Italy. If the rapid antigen test is negative, a passenger is not required to quarantine at home for ten days, for a non-European country, or five days, for a European country. Just to clarify, is there any follow-up rapid antigen testing required by the authorities for people whose test was negative at the airport? I assume there is no hotel quarantine in Italy. Will Mr. Bassato go through the process? Is it all JFK to Rome? What airlines are involved? We know it is 18 flights a week. What tests have to be taken? Can we get a quick walk-through again?

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