Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are using it now. It is needed now. Last week, 57,000 tests were carried out. Last Friday, the number of tests carried out was the highest in any day since this virus arrived. The HSE acted on the advice of NPHET. It moved heaven and earth to ensure we could scale up rapidly to 100,000 tests and we are now moving in that direction. Last week, we hit 57,000 tests. What we are seeing right now is a vindication of NPHET's advice and of the HSE having that capacity ready to deploy as we need it.