James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for that information. I have come here with my own research and having spoken to many people working within aviation and tourism. I regret to inform the Minister that there is much confusion. I ask that as Minister for Foreign Affairs, because this is critical to his role in his Department, the Minister would engage on a Government level as soon as possible with people working in aviation and tourism on how the digital green certificate will be implemented and on how such a system could potentially work with US travel. There was much concern about the Tánaiste's comments today that there may not be the potential for US travel to return in full until next year, which came as news to many people working within tourism and in aviation. That is why I wanted to highlight that particular point. I accept that this has to be taken with the benefit of public health advice but there is a dire need for clarification on this and I am happy to hear that the Minister will be reporting back to the House and that there will be discussions on this during May. I want to stress the point on stakeholder engagement again. I ask the Minister to comment on that very important matter.

See this speech in context