Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, and other members of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will appear before a Special Oireachtas Committee today, to answer questions on the rationale behind the Government's five-level plan for Living with Covid-19.
It follows criticism from committee members, who said it was "unacceptable" and "wrong" that NPHET had not attended the last two sittings.
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, will also face questions from members of the Special Committee on Covid-19 response.
Committee Chair, Independent TD Michael McNamara said that committee members want to know morabout the evidence on which the five-level plan is based.