Dáil debates

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

3:30 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government will decide. In terms of testing, on other occasions Deputy Kelly will advocate adherence to the advice of NPHET, public health and so on. It is not in favour of a systemic testing regime at airports. It believes it could do more damage than good. We might have different views on the matter but ultimately Government has to decide. From a lay person's perspective it might appear obvious to test but there are all sorts of implications and complications arising from that, such as false positives, false negatives and so on.

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