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 Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will follow up on that point. This is probably for both Mr. Towey and Mr. O'Connor, in addition to Ms Ní Fhallúin. We will have people coming home to Ireland in large numbers in the week before Christmas. The situation will arise where people will have a child that is 14 years old, or one of the parents or whoever, who is detected as positive with Covid. In those circumstances, is anything being given to allow them to come to Ireland? Ironically, they may get through airline procedures and not be detected. We have seen 100 people who have got through for some combination of reasons, including false documents. How many of those 100 people who did not meet the requirements were detected and referred to the Garda did not have a PCR or antigen test or had a false document? What was the breakdown between false documents and no evidence at all of a PCR or antigen test? Will Ms Buckley quickly clarify that?

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