Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Okay. However, it seems we have different levels of science because we have EU states recognising the utility of antigen tests. Upwards of 36 antigen tests have been recognised by the European Commission as being accepted for EU states. That is one bar of science that must be acceded to by those tests and which has been. What I am hearing in this committee meeting is we have another bar which is the real-world testing of those in particular fields or sectors. What is different about those two tests? How does an antigen test meet a bar to be accepted by the Commission but then does not meet a bar to be accepted by the Irish State for use in a particular sector? There was a comment earlier about carbonated beverages impacting on the results of antigen tests, saying they can be befouled by such. What piece of academic research is that based on because I had never heard that before?