The HSE says there are no confirmed, or suspected, cases of Ebola in Ireland.
It was reported the isolation unit at the Mater was being prepared for the arrival of a patient suspected to have the disease.
However in a statement this morning the HSE says the unit is used for a variety of infectious diseases.
World wide figures show the disease has killed more than one-thousand-people - with almost two-thousand confirmed cases.
However the HSE says there are no confirmed or suspected cases here.
FULL HSE STATEMENT BELOW
The HSE has said this morning that there are no confirmed, or suspected, cases of Ebola in Ireland.
The National Isolation Unit in the Mater Hospital is used for patients with a variety of infectious diseases.
Negative pressure is a feature of this specialist facility, as part of normal infection control procedures.
The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) along with all other national infectious disease institutes in Europe was alerted to this Ebola virus disease (EVD) Outbreak in March 2014.
HPSC immediately alerted hospital clinicians and GPs around the country of the outbreak and WHO guidelines are being followed in Ireland.
EVD is one type of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) and the HPSC has an extensive range of guidance on its website on assessing individuals who are suspected of having a VHF and who present to their doctor or to hospital (http://www.hpsc.ie/A-Z/Vectorborne/ViralHaemorrhagicFever/
This guidance provides advice on the isolation, assessment and management of individuals suspected of having Ebola or any other serious viral haemorrhagic fever.
