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
