It is for testing at airports. The traffic light system requires a domestic approach to the wider European system. If we are going to open up on Sunday under this traffic light system, is that plan available now? How long will it take us to put that plan in place in a practical sense? The airline sector is very damaged and this sector is also vital for the connectivity of our country as an island nation. Some 400,000 Covid locator forms were submitted between 1 September and 30 October. That is a considerably reduc…

That was an incredibly disappointing response. This is a known risk and it has been talked about for a considerable time. We cannot take the fingers-crossed approach to international travel. We saw one instance where 56 cases resulted from one case. We must put systems in place that are about more than having our fingers crossed. This system is to be introduced on Sunday. The Government must put systems in place domestically to match the traffic light system. We have not put those systems in place. We are just hopi…

This not the kind of legislation any of us wants to be debating or supporting. My colleagues and I will support the proposal for a reduced timeframe, as provided for in the Sinn Féin amendment. There is no doubt that some measures are required to be available to the Garda to deal with non-compliance. However, as colleagues have pointed out, the pubs are closed at the moment, as are the hotels. If Twitter can be believed, the Taoiseach has told the Fianna Fáil Party tonight that there will be no early end to the loc…

I also wish to send my solidarity and good wishes and those of my party to Patricia and Damien, who, I am sure, wanted to be private people, rather than being in a scenario in which this kind of statement is being made by the Taoiseach. I am pleased that he has made it in this public forum and on the record. It is so important that there is some meaning in these kinds of statements. We cannot continue to see these failures. We must put the systems in place to make sure they are eliminated to the extent that they ca…

I wish to pick up on that last point. The Tánaiste stated it was a legitimate objective and that he had worked on the agreement for some years and wanted to encourage its acceptance by a broad number of GPs. If that was the case, then why was the document not disseminated through official channels and the line Minister?

It was not signed off for another month. Obviously, the IMO was party to the agreement. I am sure it would have wanted to know what was happening to the document. It presumably would have expected that the document would remain confidential. This document was clearly marked as being confidential and not for circulation. What is the Tánaiste's understanding of that instruction in this context?

That is not the question I asked. What is his understanding of the instructions "confidential" and "not for circulation"? That is what was written on the front of the document. I would have thought it plain that it was not for circulation and certainly not for circulation to a rival organisation. Is it not the case that it was not actually finally agreed until approximately 16 April and, as such, the Tánaiste breached the confidentiality of the negotiation process? One of the screenshots of the exchanges between Ma…

These are the Tánaiste's words.

Yes. I want to try to get a number of questions in. I want to try to keep this short. These are the Tánaiste's words, "There may still be some changes made to it so don't take it as gospel." That is on 15 April. It was still not concluded at that stage. It was still confidential at that stage. What does the Tánaiste believe the consequences would be for an official in his Department? He has just told us that an official put this in the post and was aware of what was going in the post. What does he think the consequ…

What would be the consequences if an official did this?

That is not the question I asked.

Should we be in a different category from an official doing this, any of us?

If he or she were not directed, there would be serious consequences for him or her.

There would be serious consequences.

But none of the Tánaiste's colleagues knew that he was providing this document to the NAGP.

None of the Tánaiste's colleagues knew that he was providing this document on a confidential basis.

Even the line Minister.

Maybe the former Minister for Health might say himself whether he felt undermined by virtue of the fact that this was being provided without his knowledge, given that it was sought from him, but he decided not to provide it. I will leave that there as a statement. Others have asked the Tánaiste this. Can he guarantee at any point in any of his roles in government that he has not provided or leaked documents that would come under this category that it was not best practice?

Not to a rival organisation.

What does the Tánaiste understand Dr. Ó Tuathail's motivation was in getting his hands on the document? I am sure the Tánaiste has looked at the screenshots and the evidence presented in the article. What would his view now be of what the inner sanctum of the NAGP thought in relation to the document, in relation to Village magazine?