John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is good to see the officials again. Before the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, arrived, I was saying that our last session had brought to mind Mark Twain's quote, that "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." We were kind of saying, "Goodbye and thank you", but they are all welcome back.

I have five or six reasonably focused questions. First, is this still a pandemic?