Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's remarks with regard to Narrow Water bridge. I do not think anyone would disagree with him that there is a need for traffic connectivity, but into the future all design for projects such as this should make provision for safe and secure cyclists and active travel tourism and so on. That should definitely be built into future design. A considerable amount of my concerns in regard to e-scooters, scramblers and so on are being dealt with. We just need to get on with the work in regard to delivering it.

I will make one final point, but I do not expect the Minister to come back in on it. My understanding from a conversation I had with Dr. Holohan was that he was putting the use of antigen testing back into the lap of the Minister, Deputy Ryan, from the point of view of a pilot. I accept that in regard to aviation we are far down the road in relation to when we should have done testing. That said, given the circumstances and current difficulties, antigen testing should be looked at as a means of facilitating the opening of the hospitality sector. It needs to be adequately resourced and audited as a possible solution.