The Oireachtas Transport and Communications Committee has written to senior Government members and health officials, calling for rapid antigen testing to be used to re-establish air travel.
In their letter, members say that the pilot scheme should be introduced before the European Union's Digital Green Certificate comes into operation.
Committee Chair Kieran O'Donnell said that a trial route between Ireland and the UK could be used. This week members of the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Committee heard from Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government.