Dr. Ronan Glynn:

Prior to the most recent advice to the Government, there was a full international analysis done of the approaches taken in 18 neighbouring countries. We are not out of line with their approaches. The difference between us and those countries is that we had an enormous surge in December and January that we are still recovering from. Many of those countries are now undergoing an enormous surge while we are in a much better position. For example, schools are closed in many of those countries at present. There will be plenty of time for in-depth analysis when this is all done. I am confident that if we can keep things positive and going in the right direction over the coming weeks, the analysis of our epidemiological performance versus other countries will show that the measures taken were, by and large, the correct ones. That is not for a second to discount the very significant impact this has had on various sectors within our economy.