Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure if the Deputy has shared the data, methodology and so on he possesses with the HSE. It is important that this should happen in order that it can carry out a full assessment. It would be helpful to the HSE, although it is doing its own comprehensive epidemiological survey. Covid has always been a disease that affects older age groups more than younger age groups. That was a feature of the impact of Covid on people. The older cohort was the more challenging one.

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