The Mater Hospital has said a test to determine the National Isolation Centre's preparedness for treating a patient with the Ebola virus was "successfully completed" earlier today.
A major incident exercise was conducted at the centre, which is based at the Mater Hospital in Dublin.
In a statement the hospital said: "The integration of the services involving the Mater Hospital, the HSE ambulance services, Dublin Fire Brigade ambulances and the gardaí worked seamlessly.
"The exercise has been of significant assistance to the ongoing preparation of the National Isolation Unit at the Mater Hospital to manage any potential infectious diseases cases."
For the test, staff attended to a "pretend patient" with a suspected Ebola infection, with their performance being assessed.
The exercise involved an assessment of how staff would deal with a patient infected with Ebola.
While the hospital was being tested for its preparedness for an outbreak, a section of the Berkeley Road was cordoned off for up to half an hour.
The Mater added: "No further exercises are planned for the time being".
The manner in which some countries are dealing with the outbreak has caused concern for the United Nations and Amnesty International.
Both organisations have criticised Australia over its decision to suspend entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in west Africa.
Amnesty said the ban made no sense from a health perspective but ensured that vulnerable people were trapped in a crisis area.
#ebola simulation at the mater hospital pic.twitter.com/zQ99XPUD8e
— Conor Hunt (@conorfhunt) October 29, 2014Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, condemned the decision as "counter-productive" and "discriminatory".
Meanwhile, Beijing is to suggest to people returning from regions affected by Ebola to quarantine themselves at home for 21 days, and to undergo twice daily temperature checks if they have had contact with patients.
China has not reported any confirmed cases of the virus, though several suspected cases have ended up in hospital for observation.
The disease has an incubation period of about three weeks, and only becomes contagious when a victim shows symptoms.
Dr Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization today said the likely Ebola death toll is over 5,000 people out of 13,703 cases.
