Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice

Dr. Cillian De Gascun:

From a personal perspective, I think that is a very good suggestion because we know there is an inequity where some people cannot afford to purchase their own face masks or are not in a position to make their own face masks. In the context of trying to plan for something coming down the tracks, we know there are significant global shortages of PPE and masks, and obviously the priority is to preserve our medical grade masks for our healthcare workers in the healthcare setting. Absolutely, there is time now to scale up manufacturing capacity. Therefore, I think the suggestion the Deputy has made has considerable merit.

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