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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Holohan mentioned "sustainable low levels of domestic transmission" in his opening statement. What is that? Can he define it in terms of metrics, and what is it that he will be looking for in this regard? Will we come out of lockdown on 1 December 2020 and if so, what level of restrictions will we move to? I am of the view that the public are entitled to have an idea of what exactly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Key metrics, obviously. The R rate is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: So, for the ordinary person looking at them, they can see the progress we are making. This virus has been very difficult for people, particularly the elderly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: They must see light at the end of the tunnel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: They need to understand the metrics on which Dr. Holohan makes judgments: the values, the R rate, the number of cases, and the seven and 14-day incidence rates. The ordinary person is now becoming familiar with those metrics. I ask Dr. Holohan to elaborate on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will we come out of lockdown on 1 December?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: The ordinary person is using it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Under level 5.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will we come out of level 5 restrictions on 1 December?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: On 1 December.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Holohan anticipate there will be a change?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the national policy on the virus? It is a lockdown-release model?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is Dr. Holohan's view as the Chief Medical Officer and chair of NPHET? What is the policy and what should it be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the policy a lockdown-release, waiting and containment model?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: On international travel, if we get the R rate down to 0.5 and the virus is at a sustainable level, what will be the criteria Dr. Holohan will judge in the context of other countries to allow people to fly home for Christmas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you. I call Deputy Smith.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Holohan see a place for the likes of the DAA doing advanced work to put testing structures in place? They would not operate straight away but the authority could at least do advanced planning even for PCR testing at the airport. Deputy Smith asked that question. Will Dr. Holohan respond on that particular point because that is really the key to the question? Does Dr. Holohan see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have a number of quick follow-on question for Dr. de Gascun. He said that this virus would become endemic within the Irish population. When does Dr. de Gascun expect the vaccine will be in place? How effective will it be and when do we reach a point when the coronavirus becomes like the common flu?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will we have a vaccine in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are we looking at a late 2021 before we have a vaccine in place?