This afternoon.
Dáil, Leinster House, Dublin 2.
Labour TD Brendan Howlin said:
“Like others, I’m daily being contacted by people, by hairdressers, by other businesses who want to get back. And we have to have sound, logical, expert reasoning to give to them.
I’m afraid what’s happening in these draft guidelines erodes that because eating food gives you no additional protection.
“You know whether you go in and have your Chicken Korma (top) or your Cottage Pie does not give you extra protection against the virus. And why would that criteria be a determinate. Can you explain that?”
“And also, just because people are asking and will ask, why is 90 minutes determined?”
Minister for Health Simon Harris responded:
“What I would appeal for everyone is to wait for the final guidance…”
Earlier: My Mask And Me
Top pic: BBC Recipes