Mr. Paddy Kavanagh:

I will make a couple of points on that. Larger employers such as the DAA, the main airports and so on have engaged in in-depth discussions. We have not always agreed but we have tried to work together. However, there is an element of trying to go back over all the things they could not succeed with years ago and get it all in now under the guise of the coronavirus pandemic. One anomaly concerns medium to small service providers and contractors who have probably employed many in airports and production and maintenance facilities. All these employers are availing of State supports and, in many instances, refusing access for employees to their union representation to go in and address their concerns. That is wrong. We said in our presentation earlier that companies who are taking State supports should be in a position to let their workers have the rights and representation they should have and deserve. That is an issue.

On testing, with the traffic light system, there is probably the facility to look at the combination of rapid testing and PCR testing based on the traffic light designation of the countries from which those people are coming into the airport.

I stress the issue of worker representation, which is important. A large number of workers are suffering because they have not got access to the people giving them representation. We should be allowed to go in and talk to workers and address their concerns.