Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I apologise to the Chair, to my colleagues and to the witnesses for being late to today's session. If any of my questions are repetitive, my apologies. I will be quick because I know time is against us.

In regard to the tracing app that we understand is currently being tested by the Garda, do we have a view on when it will be ready to go?

Are there any GDPR concerns regarding its use and will it be freely available to sports clubs and community groups? Is the HSE working towards a test from home model? If so, how would that work? Would testing kits be free to all? Third, were there many instances of members of the public who refused to engage with the tracing process and, if so, what were the consequences of that? What lessons can be taken from it?

Finally, where the virus has re-emerged in other countries, it has emerged in superspreader events such as on public transport, in clubs and the like. Are the witnesses confident that our testing and tracing system as it is currently set up will be able to respond to that type of superspreader event at short notice in a particular location?