Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says the advice he has is that antigen tests ‘shouldn’t be free’. He says there were no controls over how free tests were being used in the UK, adding ‘they’re very very expensive’. | Read more: https://t.co/i7mkkrsIMX pic.twitter.com/0QwQnh7S5S
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 17, 2021
This morning.
Meanwhile…
New: The HSE has been keeping at least 1.5 million antigen tests in storage.
They’ve only dispatched 35,000 so far (2%).https://t.co/ivmoEAGjEr
— Rachel Lavin (@RachelLavin) November 17, 2021
I asked the Taoiseach why the HSE has been keeping at least 1.5 million antigen tests in storage and has only dispatched 35,000 (2%) to date. The Government decision not to distribute them for free is inexplicable.
Figures c/o @RachelLavin @businessposthqhttps://t.co/5HjDGWRbOP pic.twitter.com/PKmUa3vdLt— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) November 17, 2021
This afternoon.
Anyone?