Dr. Ronan Glynn:

The messaging is a constant issue and as I said earlier there will always be people who do not take the guidance on board. We have been as explicit as possible that people who have symptoms, think they might have Covid or have any suspicions should stay at home and contact their GP by phone in the first instance. However, I absolutely take the Deputy's point that we need to continue to look at the messaging, try to freshen it up and try to target different groups of the population whether by age or by geography. One of the ways in which we are doing that is we have asked our behavioural subgroup to bring a paper to NPHET next Thursday. I am sure we can share it with the committee following on from that NPHET meeting. There is no doubt however that it is an ongoing challenge, accepting again, as I always emphasise, that the vast majority of people are listening and are trying to do the right things.