Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Everybody wants to be back here in this House but I do not see the point in having another special meeting. We had a meeting before the recess when all of the experts were in. They basically said that maintaining a 2 m distance cannot be done in this House. We cannot have everybody in this House to vote. That is the reality of the situation. I do not see that changing through having a special meeting next week but if it does, we will participate in it. Unless we can go down to 1 m distancing, there will not be full meetings here, unfortunately, and we will have to continue to go to the Convention Centre. That is the reality and it needs to be put out there. That is the position. What is the point in having another meeting to discuss that unless a decision will be made that we go down to 1 m.

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