Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Initially we must all acknowledge the Herculean work done by the HSE in dealing with this virus nationally and locally. The executive is to be commended on its work and the efforts made by its front-line and other staff. My questions relate to the lessons to be learned in respect of County Kildare and the adjoining counties which were put under the first lockdown and County Kildare which is now under a second one. What were the most important lessons learned and what action has taken place as a result? To what extent has the HSE identified entirely the sources of the upsurge in Kildare and its causes? Have they been forensically examined with a view to addressing the issues arising? To what extent have responses to the issues arising from any investigation been implemented and to what extent are they in place at the present time? My last question relates to how the lessons to be learned from Kildare can be applied nationally. Are those lessons being applied nationally? Particularly in the context of the reopening of the schools, is it possible to apply a formula nationally based on the lessons learned from the Kildare and adjoining counties situation?