To ask the Minister of Health what is the trigger point for when Lateral Flow Tests for the Coronavirus would again be recommended for the entire population.

Future decisions regarding arrangements for COVID-19 testing, including consideration of proportionate use of lateral flow testing, will be informed by a range of factors. These include for example the prevailing COVID-19 disease prevalence, trajectory and impact and the wider public health risk assessment.

My Department continues to closely monitor Covid-19 surveillance and epidemiological data. All advice in relation to testing will continue to be kept under review and a range of measures may be necessary into the future should the current risk assessment change and in order to mitigate against severe illness for the most vulnerable.