Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My next question concerns testing in direct provision centres. The EU reception conditions directive allows for health screening etc., but it is silent on what happens if someone does not co-operate. There is a duty on the State to provide accommodation under the directive. What happens if someone does not want to be tested regularly and argues that he or she is at a heightened risk of Covid-19 because the State has chosen to place him or her in a congregated setting? Such people could argue that it is not their responsibility to be regularly tested as a result of choices the State has made. Have the witnesses encountered this scenario or any trouble following the announcement of regular testing in direct provision centres a month ago? Ms Gibney may wish to answer but the question is directed at the entire panel.