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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Walsh want quarantine lifted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What should replace it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the Irish authorities lifted quarantine, and this committee believes it should and that they need to look at rapid antigen testing, and replaced it initially with rapid PCR testing for anyone coming into Ireland regardless of whether he or she was vaccinated or not with the requirement for a negative PCR test within 72 hours of arriving from the US, would that work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: People are being ripped off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Walsh follow on regarding what he wants to see in a reopening plan for the next two or months, be it on a phased basis, regarding the common travel area, how testing would work and how it would link into transatlantic travel? What are the dates on which it must happen in order that the airline business can recover and we see the likes of Aer Lingus re-engaging in Shannon Airport in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What would Mr. Walsh like to see in the reopening plan to be announced by Government tomorrow in terms of timeframe and procedures, flying within the common travel area between us and the UK, transatlantic travel and travel to Europe?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about Europe?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about transatlantic travel?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of the reopening of the aviation sector and announcements by the Government, when do we go past a point that is almost a date of no return for the aviation sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Walsh talking about July and August?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We now move to a Sinn Féin slot and I call Deputy O'Rourke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: If that is the case, because I have so many members offering I must pass and move to Senator Horkan. Is Deputy O'Rourke coming to today's meeting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will allow him to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask the Senator to conclude as his time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will now move to the Regional Group, who I inadvertently mixed up with the Independent Group, which I am now moving to correct. Deputy McNamara who has seven minutes, is substituting for Senator Craughwell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Walsh spoke about the Heathrow routes out of Shannon. Am I correct in saying that if one does not have a cabin crew based in Shannon itself, it is more difficult to run the early-morning flights? Is that a reasonable statement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is obviously easier, though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We speak about certainty. There is that added certainty in having a cabin crew based in Shannon. Mr. Walsh will appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. It is a matter of opening up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We deem it a great honour that Mr. Walsh has come before us today. We have been doing much work on the aviation sector and we want to work to get it reopened as safely as possible. Mr. Walsh is a key component in that. We are delighted he took up the offer of appearing before us today. We hope this meeting will feed into Government policy and we will get common-sense, practical and safe...