When the dust finally settles on the coronavirus crisis here, there will be time to reflect on exactly what happened and how it was handled by Government and various authorities.
The Government has already signalled that there will be an inquiry of some type. One likely model is the Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis, which was a joint committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
As with the handling of any major crisis, there will be successes and failures too. The virus was a unique event, unprecedented.
However, all health authorities were supposed to have pandemic plans in place. The events of the past year-and-a-half have surely tested them and the people.