Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for the information they have given us. My first question is for Dr. Henry. We are very constrained by time so many of the answers I am seeking are either one word or one number, if he does not mind. The experts are telling us that testing and tracing need not necessarily be perfect under lockdown but it must get much better and should be perfect as we exit lockdown. Is Dr. Henry confident that we will be able to hit the necessary end-to-end targets from the first call to the GP to quarantining contacts? The target is 72 hours. I am not sure that we are there yet, or anywhere close to it. I received a response to a parliamentary question from the HSE which indicated that the turnaround time from the request for a test to the start of the contact tracing process is 1.76 days. That was on 19 June. As we exit lockdown and there is more pressure on testing and tracing, would Dr. Henry be confident that we will be able to reach that 72-hour target?