Professor Cecily Kelleher:

It is a matter of record that there was a national issue around supply, that is, the appropriate supply of personal protective equipment and of the appropriate testing and contact tracing process. We have learned from that, which came out clearly in terms of the submissions that we had. We are absolutely clear, as a panel that recommends preparedness, that this now needs to be in place. We have made several recommendations on the HSE's support of that. We have asked that the Covid-19 teams would be continually stood up in that regard. It is absolutely crucial that it is now in place.