David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry; I have seven minutes.

I again raise with the Minister the testing and tracing regime. I genuinely believe that we have to do better. I looked at the figures for Scotland and it is doing far more than us. I have consistently called for a Rolls-Royce testing and tracing regime which we would use to hunt down the virus. It would not be reactive, but proactive. We would test as many people as we could in a very targeted way. That is the most effective way to avoid more lockdowns and to put us in a strong position to ease restrictions, where possible, to enable more social interaction, which is important. I said I would give the Minister a minute to respond on the issue of maternity services, those women who are pregnant and their partners. My colleague will then have three minutes. I would be very grateful if he would address that issue.

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