Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Business of Special Committee

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Deputy for her remarks about public health; I could not agree more.

Backwards testing is looking back to try and identify areas of possible transmission. There are other witnesses here today who obviously understand it better than I do but it is worth referencing that a certain amount of that work has already been happening with public health doctors.