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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: Are any airlines refusing to do these checks?
- 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: To whom is the Deputy directing his question?
- 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: To clarify, this measure was supposed to come in last Friday at midnight. When did the Department make the decision to defer it to Sunday? When did it inform the airlines about that?
- 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 time was the measure supposed to be introduced on that Friday?
- 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: Okay. Why was that left so late? People would have got PCR and antigen tests and had that cost over the previous 72 hours in the case of PCR tests and 48 hours for the antigen tests. Why was this left so late into Thursday evening?
- 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: Was the decision to defer this to Sunday from the Department of Transport or the Department of Health? Did it come from the Departments dealing with foreign affairs or justice?
- 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: From the Department of Health's perspective, what set of circumstances would there have to be for the restrictions introduced on Sunday relating to antigen and PCR testing to be relaxed?
- 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: Out of 8,000 people, since some 10% were checked.
- 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: To clarify, there were 80,000 passengers travelling through Dublin Airport in the past three days and 8,000 were checked, representing 10%, and 100 of those were found not to be in compliance. Is that correct?
- 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: On every flight that comes in, 10% of passengers are checked.
- 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 reason did the airlines give for these passengers getting through? Of this 100, 95 had no PCR test or antigen test of any description. What reason did the airlines give?
- 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: With all due respect, if I was getting a flight from anywhere, I would not be allowed on the aeroplane without a ticket. If the tickets are being checked, it should be relatively straightforward to check for a PCR or antigen test.
- 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: On the checks done by border control officials at Dublin Airport, 95 of the 100 who have been found to date had no documentation whatsoever while the other five had false documentation. It is about providing a level of security to people. Is what the airlines are being required to do governed by legislation or regulation? The officials have said there are no penalties. What is the legal...
- 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: Was it ever the case that people were found to have broken the law were returned to the country from which they came?
- 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: Of the 100 people detected, were all of them Irish citizens?
- 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: Okay. Ms Buckley wanted to refer a question to a colleague.
- 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 up to An Garda Síochána to prosecute?
- 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: Has it prosecuted anyone to date?
- 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 will move on.
- 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 propose to call members who would like to contribute. We have spoken about Dublin Airport. As a Deputy representing Limerick city, Ms Buckley will appreciate that I want to welcome people home at Shannon Airport. I have colleagues in Cork, Knock and Kerry airports. What size teams are based in these airports in terms of border management control and the checking of Covid tests?