Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will have to check out the Deputy's question about trotting racing. I am not familiar with the case the IHRA is making so I will check that out later today or tomorrow and come back to the Deputy.

On greyhound racing, we would hope to get it back some time this month. That is not confirmed yet but that is the intention. It will be without spectators but it will all be done outdoors so that should happen some time this month.

I do not know if town-by-town or district-by-district numbers are available for coronavirus cases but we should bear in mind that they can be misleading. A nursing home in a town might give a figure for a town that makes it look like that town has many Covid-19 cases but in fact all of the cases might be in one nursing home or meat factory. Therefore, that information might not be as useful as people might think it is.

However, it is reassuring to see that so many counties have had no new cases in recent days. That is one of the reasons I disagree with people who say the 5 km rule or the 20 km rule do not make sense. If we had not had that rule in place in recent weeks we would have seen people from Dublin and Cork travelling to counties where there are no new cases and there would have been new cases in those counties. I totally disagree with people who are arguing that the 20 km rule has no scientific basis or is not a good idea. It is a good idea and that is the travel limit that will apply in phase 2.

We will examine the issue of Covid-19 testing in airports and ports but it costs €200 a go so the person getting tested will have to pay for it.

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