Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Does the witness believe we now need to look at this in a co-ordinated way? We cannot look into the future to see how the virus will further develop. Do we need to work even harder together rather than as individual member states working on our own? In Ireland, for example, we have a scenario where a lot more flights are coming from a lot of different countries of origin into Belfast Airport, which is into the island of Ireland, whereas there are many more restrictions for flights into other airports in the Republic of Ireland. Does this further emphasise the need for closer co-operation between members states and the European Union?