Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The issue of capacity in the labs is essential and the Government cannot continue to say there is a capacity issue while not outlining any plan to deal with it. I understand one of the labs has reduced its staff complement from 16 to four; demand for screening has gone up by a third but it cut staff by 75%. As the Government was made aware of the backlog on 18 October, what did it do to get extra resources to address what the Tánaiste has defined as a capacity issue?

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