Professor Fiona Lyons:

I thank Deputy Cullinane. From the outset, Ireland adopted, very appropriately, an approach of having a sensitive case definition. By that we mean that the criteria to have testing were set at a low bar in order to enable good, sensitive case ascertainment. The case definition was set at a level that should allow us to identify people to come forward for testing. I do not believe that the case definition has had an impact on our ability to have cases undiagnosed. There is no denying that at the beginning of this outbreak some of the stuff seen on social media would have probably made it very scary for individuals to come forward. There was some pretty nasty stuff put forward on social media. We worked with our community colleagues in the context of getting a very robust communication plan out to the LGBTQ-----