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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of course. I am sorry. Excuse me.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Will Mr. Gray just talk me through the experience people travelling through the airport in both directions are having? Reference was made to an evidence-based model whereby people would provide proof of testing negative for Covid two or three days prior to travelling. What is the current position and what does Mr. Gray envisage doing in order to increase passenger numbers again?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I presume the DAA is keeping travellers spaced apart when they are going through security and everything else.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What liaisons, if any, does the DAA have with the airlines once a passenger gets on the plane about the protection for passengers there? Is that entirely left to the airline to resolve? Is there any communication on that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We will have Aer Lingus and Ryanair in front of us later so I am sure those questions will come up. There have been reports in the media this week about PPS numbers being collected and I saw Dublin Airport tweeting that they were not sharing passenger information with third parties. Will Mr. Gray talk us through his read on what is going on?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Gray.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No, that is fine.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Ms Considine want to respond?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will ask one more question if I might. I do not wish to conform to the stereotypes of Dublin versus rural Ireland which are reflected in politicians but I am sure that my colleagues from County Clare will in fact ask plenty of questions of Shannon Group as well. My question is on the PPE transit work that was done at an early stage. I ask Mr. Gray to talk us through the work that his...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Durkan for sharing time. I draw to the attention of the Minister of State the importance, in establishing this new Department, of remembering those people with intellectual disabilities and their participation in third level education. They should be given the same opportunity to participate as everybody else, which in turn can lead to full participation, where it is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On consumer confidence and some months forward when, hopefully, travel is resumed at close to normal levels, what do the witnesses think is a realistic timeframe for the recovery of the business, once travel is opened up to a reasonable degree? When one thinks back to the post-9/11 period, the recovery was slow. Covid-19 has had a much greater impact on the aviation industry and airlines....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Those are interesting points on security and adapting quickly to new ways of doing things. Similarly, we have adapted to all of the new measures but an aeroplane is a confined and close-contact space.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank our guests for attending and for their submissions, in particular where they outlined the concerns about Dublin Airport. Earlier we heard concerns about the aviation industry in Dublin Airport, but it is really important that our guests in this session have set out the experience and difficulty they are having. Coming away from the economics of the matter, I turn to the issue of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is what I mean.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What I mean is that it is not their job. It is their job to drive the bus and to comply with all the regulations relative to that. We talked separately in the committee about how various forms of public transport differ greatly. If someone gets on the DART, there may be nobody there and the person will be well separated from the driver, who is in a different capsule. I am very conscious...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: When was that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many face masks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I did not know that and I thank Mr. Waldron for telling me. On contactless payment, I have observed, as other members may have, that the Leap card makes it more straightforward when getting on a bus, DART or Luas. In taxis, in my experience, I have noticed a much higher availability of contactless payment in taxis. Is that something our guests have been working with drivers on? How has it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: With respect to costs, people have significantly reduced their use of cash in favour of contactless payment since the beginning of this pandemic out of concern about transmission. What is the cost of transitioning to contactless payments for a taxi driver? What is the cost of the unit and the ongoing cost or portion taken by the card companies?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I respect Mr. Waldron's comments but there are many businesses that will have to transition to contactless payments that would not necessarily be reimbursed for it. I know people have been asking if taxis use contactless payments. It is a consumer-----