Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I will put my questions to Lord Sumption. He is on record as having admitted to not obeying Covid-19 regulations when they began to reach a level of what he termed "absurdity". What was his threshold for what became an absurd regulation with which he would no longer comply?