Covid-19 Tests
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-12
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

Coming back to the challenge at Christmas, the testing capacity will not be in place to test everybody who arrives in the country if the testing capacity is 150 per day. At this stage, if someone is planning for Christmas, is the Government maintaining the position that people should seriously consider planning for a different type of Christmas? Is the Government suggesting that people should give serious consideration to whether they need to travel at all if they have an alternative to stay where they are? If very large numbers of people come back to the country, that will have significant public health implications, particularly as the passenger locator form and the testing regime are not entirely adequate.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-12