The Finance Minister says the government's choosing a cautious lockdown exit strategy to try to avoid a second wave of Covid-19.
1,339 people have now died here from the virus, while the number of confirmed cases is just under 22,000.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, which has had a low number of cases, noted that many Irish workers aren’t returning to work until July.
But Paschal Donohoe is defending the strategy:
