Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of amplification cycles being used for PCR testing; if this is a static number used for every test; and if the number has remained constant from March to October 2020. [34126/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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155. To ask the Minister for Health the standard the PCR tests are being compared against; the person or body that set the standard; and the way in which it was decided that the chosen genetic sequence was definitively from SARS-CoV-2 and could not be confused with another coronavirus. [34127/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.