Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will stay with the issue of antigen testing now that it has been raised. I understand that NPHET is not necessarily backing it fully at present and that research is taking place, but if a service provider chooses to provide antigen testing, and a number of people have been in contact with me about this, the Covid-19 temporary assistance payment scheme, TAPS, does not cover it. Nursing homes are being asked to exclude those costs from any claims they make to the HSE. Is it the case that we are specifically excluding antigen tests from the allowable costs at present?