Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman and I thank the witnesses for their submissions and for coming before the committee. During the summer, patients in private hospitals began to be charged for Covid tests. Can the witnesses confirm whether those tests are processed in labs within those private hospitals, or are they sent to labs commissioned by the HSE? If so, are those tests processed in the same manner as tests that come from public hospitals or are they given any priority based on the fact that a patient has paid for them?