David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for all the work they have done in the past 18 months, which has been nothing short of phenomenal. Well done to the CMO and his team and Professor Butler and her team on all their work.

I will start with the final paragraph of Dr. Holohan's opening statement which grabbed some headlines and merits some clarification. We all accept that there is no certainty about where this disease is now or may be in the coming weeks and months. I wish to ask about the statement that we cannot fully rule out the possibility that the reintroduction of measures may be required into the future. For the purposes of clarity, is it Dr. Holohan's view that we are still on track in the first instance for the ending of restrictions on 22 October? When Dr. Holohan referred to the reintroduction of measures, I assume that could be a range of measures and not necessarily the type of lockdowns that we have seen in the past. Some clarity on that might be useful.