Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The digital green certificate that is coming in may allow rapid antigen testing. In keeping with what Ms Embleton said, the antigen test will detect the most infectious people boarding the plane. PCR testing still has the weakness that a person could potentially have taken a test 72 hours prior to departure and still bring the virus on board. What difference would antigen testing make to Aer Lingus in terms of its operations post-19 July?
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