Questions have been raised about whether lockdown decision-makers are suffering from an unconscious bias when deciding Covid restrictions because they are predominantly a group of educated, white, middle-aged Dublin-based men .
The issue has been raised by psychologist Professor Orla Muldoon, who sits on the behaviour and communication subcommittee that advises Nphet.
Prof Muldoon told the Sunday Independent the group has expressed its concerns to the decision-makers about the need to diversify . As it stands, there are no women on the Covid-19 Cabinet sub-committee and there are no women in the room when decisions are being made about the implementation of Nphet regulations, she said.