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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did 95 people have no tests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What countries did they come from? What airlines did they fly with? Is Ms Buckley at liberty to say where they came from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Three quarters came from Britain. Were the 95 people who were detected on a large or small number of flights? Was it a large number on one flight or small numbers on various flights?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Were they on Irish or British airlines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Ms Buckley surprised that they got through? How did they get through? Is it because they were not checked by the airline when they were boarding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am surprised it is the UK because there are regular flights over and back. I ask Mr. Towey to engage with the airlines that fly those routes to try to reinforce the need for proper checking of Covid tests prior to boarding. The fact that it is the UK, our nearest neighbour, means that these are regular flights. The airlines are not ad hocbut are well-known ones that do regular flights....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are now placing a significant burden on people returning to Ireland when it comes to testing. If the burden of getting pre-departure PCR and antigen tests is placed on them, it is only fair that the system works. There cannot be a scenario where someone with the Omicron variant slips through undetected, while such a burden is placed on the rest of the population. I ask that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will make one final point. Is any latitude shown in cases where one member of a family flying home tests positive when that person was not aware he or she was positive? If that person was not detected, he or she would get into Ireland and would have to quarantine and get a PCR test within 36 hours of coming home. Is there any latitude shown for families in such circumstances, especially...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Towey to respond first, after which Ms Buckley may respond on border management and control.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a negative antigen or PCR test result.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it a long email?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is not too long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Ms Buckley will respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many extra staff are available? Several issues will arise. The first one is detection. Cases are coming from the UK. Has the level of checks increased? How many extra staff have been made available? We do not want another situation to arise where people queue for hours to get home, as occurred in Dublin Airport last August. There will be more people coming into Ireland approaching...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Point taken.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: An extra 40 staff have been added to how many existing staff? How many staff are there in total?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Have extra staff been taken on in the last 48 hours?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Have any extra staff been taken on since the new Covid testing requirements came in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Buckley will appreciate that pressure will mount coming up to Christmas. If there is a need to take on more staff, is there capacity to do so?