Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure it is a great relief. Regarding the cases, we had a serious situation. From the public health reports I received a combination of things were happening, including end-of-term parties, indoor family events and various other things. We also had reports of people who had been infected going into workplaces when they possibly did not need to be there and thereby becoming vectors of transmission. Essentially, what appears to have happened, and this is the public health view on the ground, is that a significant number of quite diverse indoor activities led to this, which are currently not provided for in the public health measures and, in other words, should not have happened. Public health is very active on the ground. I have spoken to Deputy O'Donnell, Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, and the other Deputies in the area. We are looking to see if pop-up PCR testing and other measures would be useful.

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