The device, which can be used at home, lets people know their HIV status within 15 minutes. The MPOWER programme for gay and bisexual men also provides a support phoneline as well as online to get people to link into services. MPOWER Programme Manager with HIV Ireland, Adam Shanley, said when they first launched the HIV self-test they received orders for 2,000 kits - which was their supply for the year – in just 10 days. It has received hundreds of queries since then. The service relaunched its testing kit last Tuesday after receiving more funding from the HSE. In the past few days, it received more than 550 requests for HIV self-tests.