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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Antigen testing could be introduced in Ireland for air travel and sporting and cultural events. Dr. Mina has published academic papers on this area. Has he carried out empirical work to show what it would do to reduce the rate of transmission among the general population in Ireland? This feeds in to public health.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Antigen testing helps that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Dr. Mina.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I must ask our guests to be brief in their responses because our time is limited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will put the Deputy's question to Dr. Power first because it relates to her field, aviation. How quickly could a pilot antigen testing scheme be set up, for example, on a moderately busy route from Ireland to the UK?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have a quick question for Dr. Mina. For asymptomatic people, is PCR or antigen testing more effective?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: When looking to live in a world with Covid, does Dr. Mina believe antigen is a far more effective public health tool than PCR testing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. O’Brien and Mr. O’Grady write to the committee giving us copies of the correspondence so we can follow up directly and put this firmly on the agenda? We reiterate our invitation to the CMO, Dr. Holohan, and his colleagues to come before us. We will follow up with them. This matter requires public discussion on a factual basis to justify why antigen testing is not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Mina shared his contribution on social media and we thank him for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes. I will go back to Mr. O’Grady from Dualchem. We face into the GAA championship, a huge social and cultural event for all things Irish. My question relates to putting in place what Mr. O’Grady spoke about. If it was done on the basis that the antigen test had to be monitored, rather than self-administered, could it still work or is it too cumbersome or costly a system...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would it be fair to say that if the Department of Health, the HSE and Dr. Holohan, Dr. De Gascun and their colleagues moved into this space to regulate antigen testing properly, Mr. O’Grady would not have an issue with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Dr. Mina comment on the self-administered as distinct from the monitored antigen test? We did not discuss it but Professor Ferguson is keen on sustained rapid antigen testing. His model was to have people who have travelled from abroad isolate at home with rapid antigen tests being done every second day. Self-administered antigen tests would cut down on tests considerably compared with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have discussed using rapid antigen testing over time so that people do not have to quarantine or can self-isolate at home. What structures for the regulation of antigen testing could we have here? That would bring much certainty and confidence to this among the public. What do the witnesses believe should be done for public health in that area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Which county does Mr. O'Brien support?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Grady might come back in. He thinks that the test is the issue here, not quantity. Can there be 80,000 people attending Croke Park for the all-Ireland final?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Mina agree with that analysis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Osman want to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are over time. This is an important issue. We are not against PCR testing but we see a major role for antigen testing. We have had Professor Mark Ferguson, a Government adviser, attend. We have had the current expert witnesses and Dr. Mina from Harvard, who is a world authority on antigen testing. We now need a public meeting with Dr. Tony Holohan, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr....