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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)

Gerry Horkan: To less than 10% of those flights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Someone watching this meeting who was flying back on a Sunday night might decide that, since the likelihood of being checked is 1% or almost 0%, he or she will not bother getting a test.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: The point I am trying to develop is whether we have gone to the airlines, worked out what flights the 100 passengers were on and asked the airlines what was happening with their systems that they were letting these people through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: What has been the outcome with the airlines? What are they saying? What is their response to having let these people through if they are supposed to be checking everybody?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: At a minimum, they had no documentation to prove they had been tested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is a new system but, as the Chairman said, airlines are very used to checking boarding passes and passports. Many people have been caught, particularly by one airline that is very well known to most people, for not having passports. A passport is not a requirement for travel to the UK but the airline requires one. That is part of its terms and conditions. Airlines are very used to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: On that particular point, is it a requirement in law for airlines to keep passport data and so on? Is it already in law that airlines must check passports and keep data in that regard? I know that, with certain airlines, people key in their passport number, date of birth, passport expiry date and so on, so the airlines are collecting those data. Are they required in law to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I know there is a different rule for the common travel area. People need photo ID, which may be work ID or some other form of ID and does not have to be a passport. The passport is also permission to enter a country, depending on where someone is from. If someone is an EU citizen or comes from certain other states, he or she is entitled to be here. The rules are there. People from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is also important to say that the staff are protecting not just a passenger who could be committing an offence, but the rest of passengers on the plane who have all been tested and have been shown not to have Covid. If people have turned up without that proof there is less guarantee that they are Covid free than everyone else who has been tested. That is important. If I am getting on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: We are only three days in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the teams from the various Departments who are working hard to keep all of the safe. I hope that sooner rather than later these measures will not be necessary. It is important that they are in place and that the likelihood of being caught is reasonably high. The cost of a PCR or antigen test is far less than a fine of €4,000 if people end up being prosecuted. I thank...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Like every Senator - I have been listening to debates from my office before I came into the Chamber - I want to welcome the restrictions being removed as much as they were. It probably caught everybody a little by surprise, but it was very positive.There was a great mood around all of our towns, villages and cities in the past couple of days. We will remember those we have lost and those...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach very much. The Minister of State is very welcome. This is a little bit like Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown on tour here with him, Senator Ward and myself. We all soldiered together on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. It is not unique but at the moment every single Member in the House, including the Minister of State, has been a former local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I will do my best. I was due on at 2.57 p.m. but it is now 3.53 p.m. I wish the Minister had said that an hour ago or after I finished speaking. Not to worry. I will do my best. There is a lot in NIFTI but, although it is a new name, there were programmes and structures before. I again thank the officials for the presentation yesterday. There was previously the strategic investment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It is half and half.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I was the first person to get it in within the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Gerry Horkan: My first question was the same because I had a recollection that they were not. I listened to the opening statement, looked at the briefing documents and listened to the questions from other members. Therefore, many of the questions have been articulated. The more information that NBI can put out, constituency by constituency, the better. I have to confess that living in Rathdown,...