Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Reflecting on what is effectively two years of tough decisions and lockdowns, it is hard to believe we have societal integrity in the State, particularly when we look at countries very near us beginning to have difficulties with spikes in Covid and then the protests against subsequent decisions. It is testament to the Irish people in their entirety in how they approached this. This Government and the previous Government have approached this from an entirely scientific basis.

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