Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-17
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

Turning to capacity, we have the capacity to do 100,000 tests per week, and not per day, as Deputy Doherty's party leader said yesterday. She got her facts wrong once again. If we divide 100,000 by seven we get about 14,000 tests each day. Is it possible for us to do 14,000 tests in a day? Yes, it is. Have there been days where we have done 14,000 tests in one day? Yes, there have in the past two weeks. Have there also been occasions when demand for tests exceeded 14,000 in one day? Yes, that has also happened and that is what required the suspension of testing.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-17