Covid-19 (Health): Statements Dail Éireann — 2020-05-21 ============================================================ Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow I have discussed this with the Chief Medical Officer and he said it is a short-term challenge. As we begin to resume non-Covid-19 care, we are going to see a significant need to increase testing, and regular testing, among certain cohorts of people. That could include hospital staff and patients going into hospitals---- --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2020-05-21/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:18+00:00 Sitting date: 2020-05-21