Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has stated this in interviews with the press. e.g. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/holohan-sets-out-rationale

Ireland's Chief Medical Officer has stated this in interviews with the press. e.g. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/holohan-sets-out-rationale-for-lifting-of-almost-all-covid-19-restrictions-1.4783542 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/holohan-s...