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Oireachtas committee hears calls for antigen testing to be introduced

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An Irish medical expert has told an Oireachtas Committee that the suggestion that antigen testing will encourage poor behaviour is "back to the argument" around "seatbelts and condoms".

Dr Niamh Power, who is also a pilot, established V1 Medical last November to provide rapid antigen testing at Dublin and Cork Airports.

She told the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications that in Europe, Ireland is now the most disconnected country and Dublin is the most disconnected city, according to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol).

Michael Lowry, Independent TD, said the Chief Medical Officer and his officials should come before the committee to explain NPHET's "baffling" and "stubborn obstruction" to the

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