Mr. Neil Guckian:

I have a wider point going back to the answer we gave to Ms Hanna, which is that there is much learning to be done from this pandemic at the level of both jurisdictions and in organisations such as mine in how we organise and respond to the needs of the population. There is learning to be done in how the public messaging can be co-ordinated. It is something we must consider as feedback from the pandemic.

I totally agree with the Deputy. It was interesting to watch as when Derry got into a major spike, it was exactly the same issue for Donegal. There were clear times when the Border regions had Covid-19 infection rates that accelerated at a different rate from the rates in the capitals. That was a real challenge to local services such as mine. It is something we should reflect on.