Ms Niamh O'Beirne:

The figure of 800 relates only to contact tracing. On that part of the pathway, we will go to 800 and then examine whether we need to increase that number to 1,000. Based on international metrics, for size of our population it is estimated 750 will be required. We believe that number will manage.

We need to bring forward a few other things with that, such as our technology roadmap to allow close contacts to organise their own tests. That will be available within the next few weeks and will be important. We also need to plan for how we manage the calls and deal with people on the phone in terms of the time we can spend with them.