I have a similar case, the details of which I will pass on to the Tánaiste.

NPHET modelling is based on the assumption that vaccination will reduce but not prevent transmission of Covid-19. That is borne out by data from Public Health England. The bottom line is that even if - and it is a big if - the vaccination targets are met, Covid-19 variants, and perhaps new variants of it, will still be in circulation and still being transmitted next winter. Last February and March, an expert group on the role of ventilation in reducing transmission of Covid-19 reported to the Department of Health. Nothing much has happened since then. It is a year since I met with people from a small company in Shannon, CW Applied Technology, which is looking at air sterilisation measures. It is one of many companies doing this, but the Government does not seem to be advancing the issue. Whatever about an outdoor summer, we are not going to have an outdoor winter.

Thank you, Deputy. We are over time.

I do not know whether the Tánaiste has ever been in Miltown Malbay or Tulla when the raining is coming in sideways. What is the Government going to do to plan for this?

Thankfully, on the two occasions on which I was in Miltown Malbay, the sun was splitting the stones. It is a really beautiful place to be, particularly along the beach when the sun is shining.

However, I know what Ireland is like in winter, as does the Deputy. We are all increasingly aware and cognisant of the importance of good ventilation in indoor settings. It is actually something that is specifically provided for in the return to work safely protocol and there is a requirement under the health and safety Act that employers ensure workplaces are adequately ventilated. There are many ways of doing that but I think the Deputy puts his finger on the fact that it is something on which we will have to do more work between now and the winter.