The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has warned that another full-blown lockdown is "not inconceivable", and that allocating further supports for the aviation sector will involve hard choices about priorities.
Mr Ryan was addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications Networks which was hearing submissions on the challenges facing the aviation sector.
Representatives of Aer Lingus, Ryanair, the daa and Shannon Group called on the Government to align travel policy with the proposed EU "Traffic Light" system, to introduce a comprehensive testing regime to replace quarantines, and to implement in full the recommendations of the Final Report of the Aviation Recovery Taskforce which were published three months ago.