Mr. Kenneth Spratt:

I thank the Deputy for bringing these issues to our attention. It is very important to remember that Covid-19 is throwing up an awful lot of challenges to the private sector, the public sector, the Civil Service, State companies and State agencies. It is very important to remember we are doing really well when it comes to the suppression of the virus. If we look at the statistics, we will see that we are in the leading pack when it comes to suppressing the virus. This is down to how the Irish public has responded under the leadership of Departments, including our Department. It is not the case that we have solved every problem and there are still plenty of problems to be solved, including the problems mentioned by the Deputy, but we will redouble our efforts and do everything we can to try to identify these issues and solve them where we can. The Deputy has brought some issues to our attention and we will look at them to see what we can do to try to resolve them as quickly as we can.