Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last week, more than 57,000 tests were carried out. What is happening right now is the exact answer to the Deputy's question. We had a much lower level of testing approximately two months ago when we were down to approximately 20 positive tests per day. As the Deputy is aware, there was a big programme of work involving weekly serial testing for nursing homes which was very useful but provided a very low positivity rate of 0.13%. What has happened in recent weeks is that there was an outbreak in County Kildare and it was right and proper that serial testing for meat processing plants was rolled out. It was right and proper that serial testing for direct provision was rolled out and-----