Health service Winter Plan will be 'the most comprehensive' Ireland has ever seen

Stephen Donnelly. Picture: Julien Behal

The coming Winter Plan aimed at preserving the health service from Covid-19 and freeing up capacity to deal with waiting list backlogs will be “the most comprehensive” that Ireland has ever seen but will “not be cheap”.

Those were the words of Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly this afternoon as he faced the Oireachtas special committee on the response to Covid-19, with Mr Donnelly revealing that randomised testing at airports will also shortly be introduced.