The Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications has "strongly recommended" the immediate roll-out of a rapid antigen testing pilot programme for aviation.
Following the Committee's meeting with NPHET representatives on Wednesday, it wrote to the Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan urging the commencement of such a programme.
Chairperson Kieran O'Donnell said it appeared as if the Government-commissioned Report of the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group has yet to be fully discussed and considered by NPHET.
The Committee is now calling for an "immediate" review of the publication, commonly referred to as the Ferguson Report. "Our Committee has strongly recommended to the Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan that the Government without delay