Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 24 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on International Travel
Mr. Neil McGowan:
We believe it needs to be mandatory testing. I do not believe the staff will have any issue with rapid testing, because they are calling for it to be introduced. It will certainly be in the instances where people have been in close contact with confirmed cases and if the contact tracing system was in place and was adequate that would clearly identify the staff who had been in close contact with confirmed cases. We believe, therefore, that testing should be mandatory.