Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I think the Tánaiste was really disingenuous in the answer he gave there. I asked him specific questions about things the Government had promised to do to play its part in the response to Covid. They were on things we have been through umpteen times and he did not answer a single one of them. How can he expect the public to stay with the Government and to stay the course when the Government is not doing what it said it would do? I listed all of those things.

The Tánaiste referred to the new variants. They are the big threat and they change everything. However, they have been allowed into this country by the failure of the Government to address the issue of travel. There was a basic question on people's reason for travel and the Government stopped asking people that. How can people have faith in the Government if it will not address the things it has promised to do for the last 12 months? The Government has to do much better. People will just give up on this unless the Government plays its part.

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