Ms Niamh O'Beirne:

We have done testing in meat plants for many months. We have carried out over 100,000 tests. We go to each meat plant once a month for PCR testing. We did a validation study for antigen tests with over 7,500 tests in meat plants, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. At this juncture, we are working with the Department which wishes to supply food businesses with antigen tests for twice weekly testing. Our agreement with the Department is that under its governance it will do that and continue to support the PCR testing run through the HSE. There is a combination of antigen and PCR testing.