Pre-flight Covid-19 testing possible at Cork and Dublin airports by mid-October

The proposed traffic light system would allow for the free movement of people travelling from green and orange coded areas, with a testing regime to be considered for countries coded red. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Pre-departure Covid-19 testing at Dublin and Cork airports could be made available to passengers by mid-October with government assistance, the Oireachtas Transport Committee has heard.

Dalton Philips, CEO of daa, which operates Dublin and Cork Airports, told the Oireachtas Transport Committee this morning that the airports have the capability to deliver up to 15,000 pre-departure PCR tests per day should the Government adopt the European Commission’s traffic light system.