Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. If Dr Holohan is agreeable to that, we deem that to be a step forward. In the limited time I have I want to discuss the delta variant in the UK. Why did NPHET recommend to Government to extend the quarantine period of testing for people who have been validated by other tests but still have to have a PCR test within five days? The digital green certificate will require no test. Someone who has had a negative PCR test will now have to get a negative PCR test five and ten days into quarantine. I ask NPHET to outline its thinking around why it made that recommendation to Government.