David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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632. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners providing Covid-19 testing to patients for 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners or practices who received amounts greater than €10,000, €20,000, €50,000, €100,000 or €250,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19 and has an underlying condition which puts them at a high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 should contact their GP. When assessed by a GP, the GP will decide whether there is a need to be tested for COVID-19. If so, the GP can arrange a PCR test at a HSE test center or at home if the person concerned is unable to attend a center. The GP Covid-19 assessment is without charge.

Covid-19 testing services otherwise sourced directly from a GP practice is done so on a private basis and as such is not reimbursed by the HSE.