Mr. Evan Cullen:

The Deputy is correct. The livelihoods of many households are devastated because many people in the aviation field socialise and have married people in the sector. They are facing catastrophic losses affecting mortgages and other financial commitments.

On the broader question of Shannon, it was a mistake to separate them out. The provision in the legislation that unhooked any obligation to the pensions was also built into the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act and should be reversed. I would like Limerick Chamber of Commerce to support that.

No potential foreign investors will visit Ireland if we are going to be the outlier regarding testing. We must adopt mandatory rapid testing, which would be far better than the voluntarist nature of the PCR testing the Government currently supports.