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Two Covid-19 testing facilities will open at Dublin Airport on Thursday, and privately run centers will offer riders or walk-ins for passengers.
Walk-in tests will cost € 99 and the results will be returned between 24 and 48 hours later.
The price of the driving tests will range between € 129 and € 159, depending on the type of test and the speed with which the results are required.
There will be capacity for up to 12,000 tests per day, and will increase to 15,000 shortly.
All consumers will be able to use the services, whether they are traveling or require a test for another reason.
“We have been looking forward to testing at Dublin Airport for some time and the recent government decision to grant a planning waiver, which we very much welcome, will allow for the opening of two test facilities this Thursday,” said Vincent Harrison, Managing Director of Dublin Airport.
The tests that will be offered will be the PCR and LAMP varieties and will be provided by the health firms Randox and RocDoc.
To obtain a test, customers will need to book online in advance with the test provider.
Randox will have its walk-through facility in a building near the Terminal 2 multi-story car park, while the RocDoc walk-through center will be in the nearby Express Green parking lot.
Dublin Airport has come under pressure to provide testing services as the country joins the EU traffic light system for international travel.
This will see regions of Europe designated as Green, Orange or Red by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), depending on the level of cases in those areas.
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There are no restrictions for those arriving from the green regions.
Passengers arriving from Orange regions who have a negative PCR test result for Covid-19 from a test conducted up to three days before arrival do not need to restrict movements.
For now, passengers arriving from a red region are asked to restrict their movements for 14 days.
But starting at midnight on November 29, they will no longer have to restrict their movements if they have a negative or undetected result from a Covid-19 PCR test taken at least five days after their arrival in Ireland.
Mr. Harrison described the opening of the test facilities as a positive step, but indicated that more progress would be needed.
“Ireland needs a fast, low-cost travel Covid-19 testing system similar to those being tested and used in other countries using antigen testing,” he said.
Randox said it has significant capacity for high-volume PCR testing, while RocDoc said it will install a category two laboratory and testing facility, which will be able to process more than expected tests per day.
The Government continues to advise the public not to undertake non-essential overseas trips and to exercise a high degree of caution if necessary.
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