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

We thank Mr. Walsh for taking time out of his busy schedule. This was a mutually beneficial meeting. I see it as the start of a number of engagements. I assume that there will be follow-up with the Government, which is important. Let us hope that over the next week that we see a reopening plan that happens in a safe way, where our aviation sector can get off the ground and we can get back to what we do well, which is being a small, open economy. There are 140,000 people employed in aviation. We, as a cross-party committee, will really put to the Government that we need to look at reopening. By all means have a quarantine, but it has to be in limited cases. We should look at expanding testing to antigen tests, having PCR tests instead of quarantine, and ensuring that we have a viable and secure airline and connectivity in the future. I thank Mr. Walsh.