Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Dublin is falling en masseat 13% relative to the rest of the country so it is not falling as fast. There are two areas in particular. The south west is flatlining but obviously it should be falling given that we are at level 5 and, as the Deputy has said, the northside is actually on the increase.It was discussed earlier on. The HSE will look at deploying more mobile testing units. We need to go further because we need to really understand what is driving this and why level 5 is not working. If the Deputy has ideas I, genuinely, would be very happy to meet her or receive an email from her as to what we need to do. The new restrictions should be working but they are not so we must move and quickly.
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