David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay, that is understood. I thank Dr. Holohan. From his perspective, given he was in the thick of responding to Covid, what lessons would he take from how the State was prepared to deal with the pandemic, with respect to both the health service itself and the public health infrastructure? From my perspective, many people stepped up to the plate. I am referring to people in the health services, public health departments, testing and tracing and the vaccination roll-out. We had ripples along the way but, by and large, we had a very efficient system and people working in the system stepped up to the plate. However, surely there are lessons to be learned. I ask the CMO to spend a minute outlining what lessons he feels should be learned and what action needs to be taken to ensure those lessons taken on board.