Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that there were 350 pilots outside the Department of Health this morning. They have had their incomes and lives decimated in the past 15 months along with many others in other sectors. They would love to be able to meet, if only for half an hour or 45 minutes, if possible. I hope it might be possible for Dr. Holohan to meet them, obviously in the same way he is meeting us in that he would not have to travel to meet them. Could Dr. Holohan look as favourably as possible on that request? It would be very much appreciated by the entire aviation industry, many of whom I am sure are watching today.

Much of what I wanted to ask or might have asked has been asked or covered but I have another question on PCR and antigen testing. Will what Dr. Houlihan outlined apply to every country or will there be countries whose passengers will still be subject to mandatory hotel quarantining? Will there still be passengers from areas of risk around the world whom we will be restricting? Is Dr. Holohan saying people in Ireland will be able to book flights to anywhere they want to go on the website of Ryanair, Aer Lingus or any other airline without needing a test to leave Ireland or to come back? Is the arrangement only for the EU? What are the implications of travel to different countries?