Health minister and HSE chief to address Covid committee on test and trace capabilities

Both the Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid and Stephen Donnelly will be speaking to the committee on the issue of Ireland's testing and contact tracing capabilities. Photo: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

The Minister for Health and HSE will each address the Oireachtas Covid Committee this week, but the Acting Chief Medical Officer says that his non-attendance is "a matter for the Department of Health".

Both the Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid and Stephen Donnelly will be speaking to the committee on the issue of Ireland's testing and contact tracing capabilities.