Covid 19 (Health): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-13
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I ask the Minister why he refused to seal the airports and ports. He knows from his previous meetings with our group that I, as leader, have been asking why the ports were not sealed. It is now being done from 16 January. The Minister is closing the stable door when the horse has bolted. I believe that 54,000 or 56,000 people arrived here from England over the Christmas period and none of them were asked to do anything. Now the Minister is proposing to prosecute the people and we have a mess.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-13