Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the point about society withdrawing from the whole family, there has recently been talk of new lockdowns and, on the part of some, there has almost been a celebration that lockdowns work. Others, of course, say they manifestly do not work and that, at the very best, they press pause. How does Ms Dempsey think those families she described would feel about new lockdowns, whether localised ones that affect them or national ones?