Dr. Tony Holohan:

The policy was agreed and published by Government in the summer time. That is the policy and it is what we are pursuing. We make advice and guidance available based on our assessment on public health grounds. The Government considers that along with all the other considerations it must take account of in respect of economic, social and other impacts of the virus, any potential measures that have to be put in place to address the virus and then it makes a decision based on those. The framework for that decision-making is what the Government plan is and it has been published.