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

I welcome our guests and thank them for attending. First, I want to congratulate them on their management skills in handling and dealing with the challenges raised. All credit is due to their team. It is not an easy task, either for the system in general or for each of the team individually. We need to record our appreciation for the job they have done and hope they can continue it.

I have several questions. Are the witnesses satisfied at this stage that sufficient leeway has been made in terms of upping the resistance to this particular variation and any others that might come, given the level of boosters already in the field and given the fact there are still a number of people out there who have not vaccinated at all, and do not intend to, but may at this stage be contributing to beating the virus? That is the first question. How satisfied are the witnesses that we are in the safest possible position? Any of the witnesses can answer.