Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I must point out to the Tánaiste that I made my call for the Central Bank to intervene and asked for the Government to support it before papers were lodged in the High Court. That is just for the record.

We continue to be the laggard when it comes to international travel. When I last raised the issue with the Tánaiste, he said he would examine making it mandatory for all international travellers to take a PCR test post arrival, as recommended by NPHET, but there have been no subsequent updates in this regard and no movement on the issue. Will the Tánaiste tell us when that will happen? In addition, the Government has continued to move at a snail's pace on the introduction of hotel quarantine for international arrivals, despite the fact that 60% of travellers are, according to the Taoiseach, travelling for non-essential reasons. The Tánaiste knows the British Government is moving ahead with this in the coming days. He knows there is no international travel into the North barring that from Britain. When, therefore, will we see legislation to deal with this issue put before the House and crucially, when will see hotel quarantine introduced here?

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