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
Dr. Ronan Glynn:
I do not believe that anyone would ever accuse us of not having looked forward when proposing measures when they were required over the past year. I sincerely hope that we will not be in the position described by the Deputy. The things that people can do now are, by and large, very safe activities such as meeting up outside, travelling within the county for outdoor activities, and children going back to school to what have proven time and again to be low-risk environments. I have no doubt that the next few weeks will not be straightforward. We will have ups and downs, but we will continue to respond to that. Ultimately, our local public health colleagues and the population generally will respond to that. I am very hopeful that we can keep this under control and get to where we need to be in June, July and onwards from there.
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