Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business

Mr. Danny McCoy:

I will take that one if that is okay. One aspect is the public health aspect, and while certainly I have no expertise on the health risks that are involved, clearly, as the committee knows, while 2 m is greater than 1 m, it is an exponential difference. We know we can get four 1 sq. m in a 2 sq. m space, so it is exponential. In other words, the difference between 2 m and 1 m is a factor of four, and that can be the issue that would really make a difference for a business if one thinks of it in terms of space, of having customers standing in spaces and so on. It is not just a doubling.

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