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<p>Close to 2m tests have been issued via post since October.</p>

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HSE paying between 53 and 70 cents per antigen test

Free test kits provided to close contacts and those aged four to 39 with symptoms

<p>Antigen tests currently cost as much as €10 in Spain.</p>

economy

Spain to limit high retail price of Covid home-testing kits

<p> The HSE has made free tests available to close contacts of positive cases and to those aged four to 39 who are symptomatic. Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie</p>

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Paschal Donohoe: Government not relying on market to make antigen tests affordable

Q&A: The updated rules around Covid testing, self-isolation and the enhanced illness benefit

comment-analysis

Q&A: The updated rules around Covid testing, self-isolation and the enhanced illness benefit

Gerry Adams Christmas video

politics

Sinn Féin leader wants everyone to get free antigen tests and collect them from schools

Covid-19: 440 primary pupils report positive antigen test in first week of programme

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Covid-19: 440 primary pupils report positive antigen test in first week of programme

Further Education Minister Simon Harris

Harris: Booster jabs and antigen tests mean 'nothing inevitable' about another lockdown

Simon Harris said that he would like to see an information campaign around the use of antigen tests.

Mon, 22 Nov, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Jan 29, 2021

'Should I have spoken so loudly asking for an antigen test?'

Although Nphet is still cautioning against using antigen testing as a 'green light' to go out and socialise, they were flying off the shelves of pharmacies when our reporter went in search of them

Fri, 19 Nov, 2021

'No guarantees' we won't return to lockdown, warns Taoiseach

'No guarantees' we won't return to lockdown, warns Taoiseach

Micheál Martin said the modelling on Covid case numbers is very worrying, with a peak expected in the coming weeks

Thu, 18 Nov, 2021

Coronavirus - Thu Jan 28, 2021

Pharmacists call for antigen tests to be subsidised

An interim report from the Rapid Testing Expert Advisory Group has found “widespread misconceptions” around antigen tests

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021

School stock

Don't organise birthday parties or playdates for children, education minister says

The health minister also ruled out the prospect of making antigen tests free for everyone, saying it would cost 'several hundreds of million' to subsidise them

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Jan 29, 2021

Government under pressure to tighten restrictions as Covid figures spiral

Taoiseach: 'Nothing can be ruled out' in relation to measures to reduce the spread of the virus

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon Jun 15, 2020

Varadkar rules out antigen, PCR tests for indoor dining until Delta peaks

Tánaiste said guidelines for indoor dining will be ready 'today, if not over the weekend' ahead of Monday's reopening

Fri, 23 Jul, 2021

Government mulls extending lower VAT rate for tourism

Government mulls extending lower VAT rate for tourism

No “cliff edge” to the wage supports for businesses at the end of June, says Tánaiste

Mon, 10 May, 2021