Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

With all due respect to the CMO, I have two minutes left. How many members were at NPHET's first meeting and how many were at its 31st meeting, which I believe was the most recent one? How are the recommendations from NPHET communicated to the national crisis management team in the HSE? Is it in a report, or is it in the minutes of the meetings? If so, I ask if they can be published? I think that we are seven meetings behind now, or maybe more, for which the minutes have not been published.

How are members of NPHET appointed? Is there a specific protocol that the Minister has to sign off on? Who is the key decision-maker for appointing people to NPHET?