Mr. Shane Dunne:

I will attempt to address to the Deputy’s question on the number of people allowed to attend mass. My mother, for example, is very anxious to get back to church. Most people to whom I and others in the theatre forum have spoken were disappointed with the guidelines pertaining to indoor gatherings because they do not take scale into account. The maximum number of people allowed to gather indoors is 50, but that could be 50 people in a 400-seat theatre or 50 people in the 3Arena which seats 9,500. It should be considered on a case-by-case basis, based on a percentage of capacity or with regard to being able to adhere to a 1 m or 2 m social distancing requirement, depending on which is prescribed. That answers the Deputy’s question to a certain extent. Some churches can comfortably accommodate 500 people, but some others can only take 50 people.