Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that, but they have to be part of the roadmap as we move forward and when the next round of considerations is made. I have one minute remaining so I will ask some brief questions. I consider the digital green certificate to be very positive. It is a pathway back to a safe resumption of international air travel. Does Dr. Glynn think Irish people can realistically look forward, beyond a trip with a bucket and spade to the coast or the beach this summer, to having a holiday abroad with the introduction of the digital green certificate?

Finally, NPHET was established on 27 January 2020. I thank it for what it is doing, but does Dr. Glynn envisage a continued role for NPHET - Dr. Glynn, Dr. Tony Holohan and all the team - beyond the immediate period of next autumn and winter? He continuously tells us that Covid could be around for five or ten years. Does he think there will be a need for an advisory body on the shoulder of the Government and the health services for all of that period?

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