Government must stop hiding behind Nphet and be accountable for Covid-19 decisions

Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the Nphet Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group; Dr Tony Holohan, chief medical officer, and Kathleen McLellan, assistant secretary, Department of Health. In strict legal terms, Nphet’s role is advisory only. 

The quip that “laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made” is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, the 19th century Prussian statesman. 

As true as this may be, in a democracy, it is vital that the public has, if they so wish, the ability to understand how and why particular laws are made.