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

Correct. I am just making the point that everybody acted in good faith. The motivation was precaution in trying to prevent risk.

There is no big mystery to it.

The next question concerned the plan itself. The plan is fundamentally about protecting lives and livelihoods. That is its ultimate test of its sustainability. It is there for the long haul, that is, the next six to nine months. The National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, advice came in advance of the plan for Dublin and we felt it was better to implement that advice right now. NPHET raised various issues in its advice to the Government, but it was very clear that it did not advise moving to level 3 at this time because the current epidemiological data does not support such a move.

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