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

I thank Dr. Glynn. We are at a most difficult phase, with rising numbers and more complex information. There is a certain fatigue among people. There is a general wish to move on but of course that is not possible in so many different ways. Dr. Glynn's presence here today is very important. I know how busy he is and I thank him for attending. There is an opportunity for a reset concerning where we are and how we move forward. That will depending on how successfully we manage to communicate this message. I am not just talking about those of us in this room, but all of civil society, including the bodies Dr. Glynn has mentioned, such as sporting organisations and businesses. We are at a most nuanced and difficult phase.

The last time Professor Nolan was here we had the opportunity to speak just after the committee hearing about the virus itself and its evolution. Obviously it is a novel virus and we have very little information about it, but even during that first 12-week period Professor Nolan's group was acquiring more and more information about its behaviour and evolution. Can he update the committee on the science of the virus?