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

We always keep these issues under review. I appreciate Aoibhe and Senan asking these questions. The public health advice has been that indoor events are problematic. I would say to everybody in the House that the numbers are rising. We will know today that the case numbers are rising, as are hospital numbers. We saw what happened in the Netherlands, where the Government has had to apologise for reopening too quickly. We see what the French Government is now saying on requiring vaccination passes for access to hospitality. This is a fast-moving situation. We have cautiously but assuredly reopened much in our society. I remember saying at the beginning of the summer that it would be an outdoor summer. We have made progress, perhaps faster than we would have anticipated. We have opened large sectors of the economy and society.

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