Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-10-20
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Quarantine is not going to happen to the degree people suggest. It is just not. Our geographic location and connectivity makes zero Covid, in my view, not capable of implementation. I believe NPHET share that view. The Chief Medical Officer and deputy CMO have heard this and the people who put this forward are serious people. I am not ridiculing or undermining people but I genuinely do not believe it is a credible proposition for us as a country to seal ourselves off - and it does mean that. The alternative strategy is herd immunity. I do not think anybody is advocating that.

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Sitting date: 2020-10-20