Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I agree fully with Dr. Kelleher's tribute to his staff and all those who worked to save so many lives. The tragedy is, notwithstanding that, families are deeply suffering and in pain right now.

I have a couple of questions arising from the briefing note we received from Mr. Ray Mitchell in the HSE on testing for contacts of confirmed cases. We are told that 1,314 people did not attend the day zero and day seven tests. They were contacts of confirmed cases. What is the response to that? The figure seems very high to me.