Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A number of students have contacted me about that. We all accept the difficulties that everybody has been through. To put it mildly, this period has been a surreal experience for anybody in third level education.

I welcome that we will probably be looking at clarity regarding this situation on 19 July.

I also welcome the work being done to roll out antigen testing and the pilot project. Can the Minister outline any detail regarding the timeline for that pilot, the numbers involved and how the project stands now? I ask that because antigen testing is something we see as a tool for potential use across wider society. It should probably have been instigated earlier, if only from the perspective of providing the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, with the documentary evidence he says does not exist now.

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