Written answers
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that windows which cannot be opened on long journey trains are in effect a sealed off unit from fresh air and that recirculating air via air conditioning does not have sufficient filtration systems to deal with Covid-19 as noted by the European Railways Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31571/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Question on this issue (Ref no. 31192/21).
As I outlined to the Deputy in my previous reply, public transport operators have been advised of, and are following, public health instructions issued by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) in relation to COVID-19.
The issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.
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