HSE grilled on Covid-19 contact tracing issues

The HSE said the recruitment process delayed building up capacity for testing and tracing over the summer

The HSE has said the recruitment process has delayed building up capacity for testing and tracing in the summer at an Oireachtas Committee.

Representatives of the HSE apologised for the situation which resulted in almost 2,000 people having to carry out their contact tracing after testing positive with Covid-19.