Dr. Tony Holohan:

What I would say is that the safe and effective resumption of every part of the sectors of society that have been the subject of restrictions, either social or economic, will mean those self-same sectors coming forward with their own plans. They understand our public health advice. It is clear, simple and straightforward. It is applied in the form of guidance, with appropriate oversight. The vast majority of society has taken that on very responsibly. They take unto themselves the responsibility, the risks and the management of those risks in the resumption of those activities. The Deputy asked about pilot studies of antigen testing, serial testing in meat plants and the planned testing for the third level sector and that is exactly how they have done it. That is the responsible way for it to happen, with the sectors themselves, in seeking to make their activities as safe as they can be, applying all of the measures that we recommend in the plans that they have for resumption. Whether one is talking about pubs, restaurants, airlines and workplaces of all kinds, that is exactly what is happening.

The plans for the individual sectors are not being drawn up by NPHET. We do not have knowledge of the pub industry or the school sector in the way they do themselves. They have developed their own guidance. In a number of cases, it is world class guidance. For example, schools are applying the guidance in such a way as to minimise the risk of transmission in the school environment, which has allowed-----