Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Some of the Covid testing centres are due to close on 22 November. That will leave the entire midlands area without a dedicated testing service. I have been contacted by staff in Mullingar and by members of the National Ambulance Service, NAS, who are deeply concerned by this move and, in particular, the additional responsibility it will place on the NAS. Concerns relating to the NAS have been raised already today in the Chamber. I ask the Minister, Deputy McGrath, to take those concerns on board, particularly in light of the pressures under which emergency departments and general practitioners are currently operating.

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