The Taoiseach says he hopes to be able to announce the lifting of some of the Covid-19 restrictions by May 5th.
Leo Varadkar says a plan's being prepared that'll set out step-by-step how the economy and society will reopen.
He says the aim's to focus on areas with the most benefit to society but the least risk.
"We need to look at three things at the moment" said Taoiseach Varadkar.
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"Is the rate of increase in the virus improving? It is at the moment...that could change though.
"Will they (the hospitals) have the capacity to deal with the surge if things go wrong? That looks good right now.
"Do we have the testing and tracing in place? That's not quite there yet."
