Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-21
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I have raised the Deputy's concern about the email address with the officials and asked that the response time be made shorter. On the issue of carers, I asked for a clinical judgment from the HSE, which I got in the past 48 hours, and it is as follows. Carers who work in the formal sector, that is, those who work for the HSE or for one of the private caring companies, are included in cohort 2. As for dentists, I can confirm they are included in cohort 2 as healthcare workers.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-21