Government 'sleepwalking into a Christmas lockdown'

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said the Government had ignored advice around ventilation and had 'abandoned contact tracing and testing in our schools'" and had banked on vaccination alone ending the pandemic.'

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy: 'We are in a crisis situation again with Covid.' Picture: Gareth Chaney /Collins Photos

The Government is "sleepwalking the country into lockdown over Christmas", the Dáil has been told.

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy made the charge to Taoiseach Micheál Martin during Tuesday's leaders' questions, which focused entirely on Covid-19 and the health service.