In the seven days to 13 September, there were 74,796 Covid-19 tests completed and that is the highest number of tests in a single week since the beginning of the pandemic.

It is also not 100,000.

It is a significant ramping up of testing. There has been quite significant pressure since schools returned, which is normal and to be expected. The system is coping with that. The Deputy knows full well the advice for Dublin. I stated that advice yesterday in the Dáil.

Will he state it again?

The Deputy knows full well what is the advice. I will state it again. Those living in Dublin are encouraged to limit travel outside Dublin if possible. When outside the county they should not meet with more than one other household. That is the advice from NPHET that we have endorsed. It is the advice out there right now. There is no regulation or legal restriction but it is the advice. We encourage people not to travel outside Dublin. Of course, the Deputy knows this but she just wanted to come here and say there was confusion, chaos, this and that.

Thank you, the time is up.

I did not have to. The Government has done it by itself.

The Deputy keeps on doing it. It is a mantra. It is what the Opposition does.

The time is up.

I facilitated a briefing with the HSE on testing and the Deputy was presented with the figures from the HSE chief executive officer. The Deputy is doing a disservice to the work of the HSE in this.

I am not.

Please, Members, the time is up.

I genuinely believe the Deputy is. The Deputy's entire approach to this is not to seek clarity but to undermine; it is not to amplify public health measures but rather to undermine them.

No. Testing and tracing is the core of this.

Members, please. Do you know what? We can tear up the rule book and do what we like in here if we are not going to adhere to the rules that Members themselves put in place.

Hear, hear.

I plead with Members to adhere to the time limits.