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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: What should it be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will put those questions to both Dr. Tony Holohan and Mr. Ryan next week when they appear before the committee. Has Mr. MacCarthy had contact with NPHET, or would that have been done through the DAA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: How long does PCR take?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. MacCarthy know roughly what the cost of the three types is? What is the cost of the antigen test per passenger?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: If pre-departure antigen testing were required, who would the organisations want to pay for that? Would the airports themselves cover the cost, like the airport in Rome?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: What view do Mr. Philips and Ms Considine take on the particular cost issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are we looking at a turnaround of 30 minutes for rapid, antigen and LAMP testing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the Government was to come out tomorrow and say it was moving ahead with a traffic light system from 8 November 2020 - for green countries, no tests would be required; for amber countries, pre-departure tests would be required; and restrictions would be in place for red countries - how quickly could the individual airports have their pre-departure testing systems up and running?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the DAA found a way to get around the planning issue? Is there a technical point whereby a response is required from the Government or the planning authority? Can it be provided under existing legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: On a question to Ms Considine, how quickly would Shannon be up and running with pre-departure testing and what would be the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to follow up with a line of questioning. Mr. Philips, if rapid testing is not introduced by the Government as part of the opening of the European traffic system on 8 November where will Irish aviation be over the next six months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: What would Mr. Philips say to people who have the view that flying in and out of Ireland is unsafe on public health grounds? Safety concerns is the countercharge that has been put forward. I ask Ms Considine and Mr. MacCarthy the same question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: As it stands at the moment, Mr. Phillips, is the level of cash the DAA is burning per week for it to continue to exist in the public domain?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Philips willing to indicate the level of funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can Mr. Philips encapsulate what the Government and NPHET needs to do now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: One can test for just €6 per passenger.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Ms Considine at liberty to give us an indication of the level of cash the Shannon Group is burning at the moment? How can it survive? Does she regard 8 November as D-Day?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: With all due respect Mr. MacCarthy, that was taken from us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. MacCarthy. Dr. Holohan and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, will be before the committee next. We will address what can be done to bring in pre-departure rapid testing on 8 November.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Phillips make the case that if rapid antigen testing came in at airports, it would improve public health in terms of risk where the virus is concerned?