Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Testing and Tracing
Mr. Damien McCallion:
There is a wide range of costs. I will quickly break them into two groups. The marginal cost in terms of hospitals broadly averages out at approximately €75 per test but there is a significant variation between the hospitals and between the testing platforms that are used. We are being very careful in terms of the commercial rates because we are still negotiating with laboratories and trying to build further capacity going forward but, broadly speaking, they range from €140 down. We have rates which are well below that at present. The average budgeted rate is typically around €120 per test, and we are operating below those levels at the moment.
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