Ms Niamh O'Beirne:

In response to that, the campaign of recruitment for swabbers began in September. Three and a half thousand applicants came through on that and the first 200 of those are in place. We continue to recruit them at a rate of 90 to 100 per week. They need training. They are non-clinical staff trained into those roles. They need training and they need clinical oversight in all the centres across the country. Just like contact tracing, with the swabbing side we need to continue to recruit so that we have adequate staff who are independent of the community health services.