Mr. Jim Breslin:

Nobody can give full certainty on this. A roadmap is very much a set of steps, the timing of which would have to be carefully monitored. In the first instance, while others have talked about people who might be considering booking flights, that would be premature. We are not at that stage. If people are talking about non-essential travel, and there may be a reason that somebody has to travel for essential purposes, entering into a financial commitment at this stage, when we face a number of phases and issues of uncertainty, would be premature and I certainly would not advise that.

I would be advising what the Government is advising, that is, that we should avoid non-essential travel. There are steps along the road, however, including for the tourism industry. If, having contained the virus, we can keep it at its low level, people will be able, as we move through the phases, to travel around the country for holiday purposes. We could see that, and it could be of significant benefit so long as we keep the virus level low. If we lose control of the virus, we will put all that at risk. In the period after that, there could be a relationship between this country and other areas of Europe in a similar position. It requires our experience and that of the other countries to evolve and for us to have a very low rate of transmission.