Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

At an earlier point in this committee's work I recall reading that it must be done within 72 hours and I know that it was much longer when the HSE started so I want to congratulate Mr. Reid on getting to that point. Of course, there are outliers on both sides but it is important to acknowledge how far the work has come.

I wish to talk now about education, people going back to school this week and next week, and the HSE's engagement with the Department of Education and Skills. What is going to happen if and when there is an outbreak in a school with a child or a teacher? I ask Mr. Reid to talk me through what is going to happen. The Minister said last night that it would become a public health matter. What happens in such circumstances?