Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff the HSE has employed to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; the number of additional staff the HSE has subcontracted through employment agencies to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; the number from each agency; the number of staff the HSE has transferred from other HSE roles to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; if he plans to request the HSE to carry out 14-day backward contact tracing as is done in Australia and Japan in order to protect against the spread of Covid-19 and new variants of the virus as the current restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23518/21]

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.