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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Dawson believe the Department of Health is the reluctant carrier of the ball at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Hackett have concluding comments before we move to the next speaker?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will follow up on the matters raised at our two sessions. We will write to various people in order to get a sense of clarity and to get a pilot programme up and running in order that there will be action. We see the key gateway in getting a roll-out and the digital green certificate up and running. We need a pilot programme and antigen testing, and these need to be linked to a timeframe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is too late. There is urgency and we want to work proactively with all Departments to get a pilot programme up and running, with the ultimate objective of getting the digital green certificate functioning at a European level that is safe from a public health perspective and provides public safety for all passengers and the Irish public as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have made the decision to invite NPHET.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The list may not make good reading but it is vital reading and I ask Mr. Hackett to send his list to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do Mr. Hackett and Mr. Dawson view the digital green certificate pass as the single most important element to getting the aviation industry, and by extension the economy, reopened in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who contracted IBM and Salesforce to develop that app? Is the contract with the Department of Health? Did Mr. Hackett hear of the app anecdotally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will follow up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will think a little more optimistically than that. I note the Senator's reservations. I invite Mr. Hackett and Mr. Dawson to offer concluding remarks, maybe in a positive light, in terms of what should be done now. I believe the capacity is there and we have a timeframe but it needs to get under way immediately. In summary, what are their principal asks of the committee and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: In summary, I ask Mr. Hackett to send information to the committee on the credit card companies with which there are difficulties, as well as the ITAA's correspondence with various Departments. The committee will be following up with the Department of Transport and other Departments, including the Department of Health, to fast forward the roll-out of a pilot programme and the piece around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The committee will follow up on the specific proposal made by Senator Buttimer but in order to do so we need details of exactly which merchant service providers are causing an issue. It may be the case that some of them are operating in a very fair way. There is no doubt that it is not a homogenous group. Is the Senator happy for us to conclude on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses for attending and engaging with the committee at such short notice. The meeting is now adjourned. The next meeting of the joint committee will be a private virtual meeting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 May. I thank all present. We will all work together in an optimistic way.

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise a point of order. I have two minutes. Can I ask the Minister of State to answer my question in those two minutes?

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will use one minute and leave one minute for the Minister of State to respond. I want to bring up one specific matter. Mental health issues cross every age group and cohort. I want to zone in on a particular group. I am referring to the young students and office workers who are working from their bedrooms. I am certain that this is a hidden mental health issue. I want to know what the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (29 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the recommendations of the Recovery Oversight Group for Tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21968/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support the coach tourism sector as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work her Department is undertaking to support the tourism sector as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21970/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: No apologies have been received. I apologise to our witnesses and to our members for the delay. There were technical hitches. I believe we are blaming it on Microsoft Teams worldwide. Doing things online is great but, like everything else, there are human frailties involved in it. The purpose of today's meeting is to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous...