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

How many extra staff are available? Several issues will arise. The first one is detection. Cases are coming from the UK. Has the level of checks increased? How many extra staff have been made available? We do not want another situation to arise where people queue for hours to get home, as occurred in Dublin Airport last August. There will be more people coming into Ireland approaching Christmas. It is crucial that those who are law abiding and have negative Covid tests are allowed through the airport as quickly as possible. How many extra border control staff have been provided, if any? Has the level of testing on those coming from the UK been increased? Does Ms Buckley believe that border control is doing an adequate level of checking of passengers arriving in the country?