Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry for asking the witnesses these questions. The reason we are asking them is that the information they have provided to us is more comprehensive than what we have been able to ascertain from official sources, so there are clearly gaps here. I know we have another session in the afternoon, but we should invite Dr. Mannix to a future hearing. We should also invite the union representatives to come along because they might have a perspective, as we have seen from the witnesses' written submissions, that would be incredibly useful to delve into further.

The final point I will make concerns the closure of factories and will, I hope, provide some relief to the witnesses as far as future outbreaks are concerned. Our now Taoiseach, Deputy Martin, only a few short weeks ago, on 14 May, called for factories to be closed in advance of a deep clean in the event of any outbreaks occurring in any of them.

I am sure that will be of assistance to us all as we move forward. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.