John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As a layman, that struck me at a more basic level. I am glad, given how the EU's response to the crash and, now, its response to the vaccine roll-out, have left us all underwhelmed. The EU needs to do something symbolic and significant, given that we are all suffering and in this together.

I will ask some quick-fire questions. When will the economy emerge fully from Covid? What is the ESRI's projection?