Almost €700m spent on PCR testing during pandemic

Tester Samantha Jakstonyte with Cork Airport managing director Niall MacCarthy at a RocDoc drive-thru Covid-19 testing centre at Cork Airport. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

The State has spent almost €700m on PCR testing during the Covid-19 pandemic, amid claims of taxpayer’s money being misspent.

It has emerged that, to date, €630m has been spent on the provision of PCR testing throughout the country, and an additional €55m being spent on community testing.