Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have based everything we have spoken about here over recent weeks on science. We are not trying to short-change passengers or put them at any risk. We have taken the best expert advice. It is important that we consider a field evaluation, as the delegates are saying, but do so between now and 19 July. There is no point in delaying. The Covid situation is improving week on week. Vaccination is going really well but we do not know what circumstances will be like in the autumn. For people to travel internationally, we need a regime that is cheap and safe.