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

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their tremendous effort to date in containing the virus. Have any particular lessons been learned from the spike in Kildare and the adjoining counties, for example early detection of the sources of the virus? Have all cases been sufficiently identified in order that there can be a rapid reaction in the event of recurrence? Given that schools are reopening, are the witnesses satisfied that adequate measures are in place to deal with any matters arising in the event of there being an upsurge in any particular location or in general?

My last question concerns the country at large. There was a huge, and very worrying, surge in Kildare between the first and second week of the lockdown in Kildare and the immediate area. Have the causes of that been identified? Have measures been, or are they likely to be, put in place in order to deal with that in a manner that can be replicated nationwide?