Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their participation. This is an issue on which we have all received a considerable amount of correspondence recently. The questions that arise for me are about balance and whether the sunset clause is adequate protection in terms of civil liberties or needs to be reviewed or revoked. It is about weighing up the balance between civil liberties and the risk of Covid-19 reviving itself and surging again.

Anyone can answer my question. To what extent do the witnesses believe that it would be wise to relax the regulations in favour of civil liberties or any other reason, given the ravages of Covid in places like India or our nearest neighbour, the UK, where there appear to be intermittent surges that are likely to keep recurring?