Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy will send me the details of the lady in question, we will have the matter looked at. There are numerous ongoing cases of people travelling. We have a clear regulation in place which sets out the criteria for medical exemption. As the Deputy said, those criteria include it being time-sensitive and verification from a treating clinician. If the Deputy contacts me, I will point him to exactly the criteria. If there are issues with a particular case, he can talk to me.

On Cork University Maternity Hospital, we discussed it earlier and another Deputy referenced that there is a six- to eight-week period from referral to vaccination. I ask the Deputy to bear with us and with the HSE. The system this and last week has been under extraordinary pressure because of the IT systems. Infant and maternity care was one of the areas particularly badly affected. We are doing everything we can to ensure there is as quick a roll-out to pregnant women within the stipulated age bands from NIAC as possible.

On the snooker hall, it is a great question. I suggest is probably does not qualify as a gym, unless the Deputy plays some type of snooker I am not familiar with. It is a fair question and I will make sure it is dealt with in Cabinet discussions on the next phase of opening. I thank the Deputy for raising it.

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