Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps this committee can play a role in getting access to those letters and recommendations and publishing them. It seems crazy to have an expert group looking at this area, making recommendations and advising the Government when no one is hearing about it. That just does not make any sense at all. It is something the committee should take up.

I am very short on time. May I ask Ms Hegarty what are the short-term immediate solutions for household ventilation? She said that one can deal with 50% of the problem by improving airflow. With regard to improving air filtration, what kind of costs are we talking about in this regard in either a domestic setting, a school setting or a small business? I am thinking of the hairdressers and retail outlets opening up this week or last week. What are they doing about that? Have they had any direction or guidance from any State agency as regards what they should do about ventilation?