Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the witnesses and I acknowledge their sterling work and leadership as we journey through the Covid-19 pandemic. There has been much discussion this morning and elsewhere on face masks and on testing and tracing but as Professor Nolan rightly said, there is much more involved, whether it is social distancing, handwashing or a variety of measures. In that respect, I want to raise an issue that has been raised with me by a number of my constituents in Kerry, namely, the matter of virus transmission on surfaces. To be specific, how long can the virus survive on surfaces, whether they are plastic, metal, wood or packaging? I ask either or both of the witnesses to answer that question first and then I have a second question depending on their answers.