Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The public health authorities have been very reluctant to embrace antigen testing or rapid testing. They have had a view, and the engagement is continuing, that testing at airports would not be the wisest use of resources in terms of isolating and contact tracing.

They have fears about it and believe it could lead to multiple false trails involving huge numbers.

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