Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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183. To ask the Taoiseach if the national framework for living with Covid-19 has a regulatory basis in statute or regulation or of it is purely advisory. [32405/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Resilience & Recovery 2020-2021 - Plan for Living with COVID-19,sets out Ireland's medium-term approach to managing and living with COVID-19.

The Framework for Restrictive Measures set out in the Plan is a risk management strategy for the next 6-9 months. It is designed to allow individuals, families, businesses and services better understand, anticipate and prepare for the measures Government might introduce to stop escalation of the transmission of the disease.

Some of the public health measures set out in the Plan are advisory in nature, while others, where appropriate, are underpinned by statutory instrument by the Minister for Health under the Health Act 1947 (as amended). The regulations are regularly updated to align with the public health measures in place at any given time, based on the Plan.