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

Let us look at other countries. Two good examples are the Netherlands and Spain. Both those countries have a much higher incidence of the coronavirus than Ireland and fewer hospital beds per head than Ireland and neither is at this stage considering going back into lockdown. That is the position.

In relation to the Chief Medical Officer, I did not say a bad word about him.

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