An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-23
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Duncan Smith (LAB), Dublin Fingal

Antigen tests are finally being rolled out. We have affordability issues, which I hope will be overcome. I do not want to focus on those now. We also have issues regarding how the tests are being used or should be used. I do not necessarily want to go into that now either but over the course of this pandemic, we have learned that antigen tests are best used in a serial and regular manner in places such as large building sites and big companies, where they have been used to catch asymptomatic cases. In the medium to long term, is there a role for regular antigen testing in households, and in schools and other businesses, in order to keep this virus suppressed throughout 2022 and 2023?

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Sitting date: 2021-11-23