Covid testing and travel

A chara, – Can anyone explain why a HSE administered Covid-19 test is not valid for travel? Travellers must now pay for a commercial PCR test, adding to the cost of long-awaited holidays or necessary business trips. Is this an example of our national health authority supporting the private sector at the expense of the public.

– Yours, etc,

SEÁN Ó DÍOMASAIGH,

Dunsany, Co Meath.