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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What are those powers?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is a different situation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: There is a reasonable ground for it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered proposals by an organisation (details supplied); the steps which will be taken to protect this sector; if he will meet with the representative body [18247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a motorcycle driver license for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of the Uighur community in China; if he will join the international community in condemning the human rights abuses; and if he has engaged with the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland on this matter. [18248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address human rights violations in Bahrain; if he will condemn the use of the death penalty by the Government of Bahrain, including two persons (details supplied) who have been sentenced to death; and the actions he will take to raise awareness of this issue. [18249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 767. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will meet with representatives from organisations (details supplied) advocating for reform in legislation related to alcohol delivery services and verification. [18250/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 954. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the rules governing health research grants and awards by the Health Research Board which preclude researchers employed in public entities other than designated host institutions from applying; and if the anomaly will be corrected by amending the rules to be inclusive of all healthcare staff including those...

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

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations and submissions. I want to return to the issue of data collection at the airport. At the weekend, the Tánaiste said the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection had obtained data from the airports. Mr. Gray must be in a position to tell us who would have been able to provide that information to the...

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

Róisín Shortall: Does the DAA have access to that register?

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

Róisín Shortall: I am referring to the passenger number register, PNR. The DAA does have access to data on who is travelling through its airport.

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

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about that. I am talking about the register of people who travel in and out of the airports. Does the DAA have access to that data?

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

Róisín Shortall: Does the DAA have access to that data?

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

Róisín Shortall: Does the DAA have access to data on passengers' names?

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

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Gray saying categorically the DAA had no role in sharing data with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection?

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

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Gray. I want to move on to the question of testing. The DAA's submission talks about looking at the possibility that passengers would have to be tested and have a negative test result 72 hours before travel. I understand that for a testing regime to be effective a double test must be involved because a person could be tested one day and have no symptoms but could be still...

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

Róisín Shortall: I apologise, but can Mr. Gray just address the question I have asked about the single test and from whom he has got advice about it?

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

Róisín Shortall: It is very much in the interests of the DAA, the airlines and indeed the country that we have secure arrangements at our airports and ports and that we can ensure the public's safety as well. As such, has the DAA taken any advice on a testing regime that could be introduced in its airports to allow a greater number of passengers to pass through them?

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

Róisín Shortall: Did they say one test is adequate?