Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The provisions in levels one to five of the plan are informed by public health advice, particularly with regard to controlled and uncontrolled environments. Essentially we are talking about a combination of measures designed to reduce social contacts and limit congregation as much as possible while allowing for a reasonable quality of life in the context of sports, arts and so on. That is the overall principle. People will always look for subsets of this or that category but the overarching point is that NPHET and the public health doctors are very anxious to reduce the amount of uncontrolled engagement. That is what has informed the plan, the public health advice around that issue.

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