Mr. Graham Doyle:

There is guidance relating to the issues around Covid-19 with regard to staff and the Civil Service. It issued from the human resources side of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The guidance has evolved over the course of the initial lockdown period and up to now. Much of it is based on safety of staff and providing a service to the public. It is based on the public service trying to show leadership around working from home, where that is possible. Where work necessarily has to be carried out on-site, the idea is to try to do that in a safe way.

I am unsure whether there is a specific line on the point raised but all this lends itself to organisations doing what they can to try to comply with the overall guidance being given by Government. The idea is to try to bring about a safe working environment and show some leadership in the context of what all organisations across the State are trying to do at the moment.