Dr. Ronan Glynn:

In the first instance, I want the number of cases to stop going up day on day. We had 154 cases in Dublin yesterday. A single day's cases do not dictate a recommendation or move in any one direction. While I understand the questions, I do not want today's meeting to lead to an overt focus on the seven-day incidence, the 14-day incidence, the R number and the number of clusters; what are really important are the numbers that are important to individuals. How many people has each person in Dublin met socially in the past week? How many discretionary social activities have people given up over the past week? How many times did people choose not to go to work unless it was absolutely essential? These are really hard choices but we need the vast majority of people across the capital to make them if we are going to turn this around. It is simply too early at this point to say there is a turnaround. We do need a few more days.