A Government TD has said Nphet’s “weaponry” should be decommissioned in the coming months. Fianna Fáil backbencher Paul McAuliffe told Independent.ie the team of public health chiefs should have their role reviewed as the vaccine rollout gets underway. Read MoreDeputy McAuliffe said that these rules are “impractical” and that punters would need to have PhDs to understand the guidelines. “Yesterday in the Dáil I said that the Government had treaded a middle line between the zero-Covid zealots and those people that wanted to put the economy over public health,” he said. “Covid now needs to be come a part of the public health messaging and the micromanaging of activities, the public will not accept it.

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2021 17:26 UTC