Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My final question is for the HSE. I spoke in the previous session about the highs and lows of the public health emergency. The highs were the coming together of people and the solidarity and support they showed one another. One cannot buy the bonding that took place over the past four months. However, there were also huge lows for the many people who had to self-isolate and were unable to be part of that gathering. We are social animals and the loss of contact is incalculable. What has been the lasting effect of the past four months on the national psyche but also on individuals in the population in terms of depression, anxiety and so forth?