Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Everything that can be done to keep infectious people from infecting other people and bringing an infection that is not in the country into the country is positive, be they returning to Ireland or coming to visit, but there appear to be gaps in the system whereby people will get caught otherwise.

Regarding the border management unit, there was a reference to 100 people being caught without certificates or the required documentation. I do not know whether that was in a day, a week or whatever. The 100 were out of how many? Have the airlines involved been asked about where those 100 came from and what flights they were on? If someone turns up without a passport, he or she is more or less put on an aeroplane and sent back unless claiming asylum or so on. What is happening in terms of those who do not have the documentation they are supposed to have and that the airlines are supposed to be checking?

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