Dr. Tony Holohan:

On the point of the “to-ing and fro-ing”, there is ongoing engagement happening between Government Departments on the practical implementation of the decisions that the Government makes. That is the normal part of the implementation of any Government decision. The work that is happening across Departments involves the Department of Transport, the Department of Health and others and reflects the advice that we have given but also reflects all of the other considerations that Government has to have including the positions and perspectives of all of the other Government Departments. That is all being worked through in the current process of implementation. We will continue as a Department to make our advice available in the context of all of that. Ultimately it will be for the Government to decide based on that advice, having reflected all of the other perspectives that need to be taken into account. That, to my mind, is a normal part of public administration.