Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-21
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Kieran O'Donnell (FG), Limerick City

UHL is in my area of the mid-west. It has only received 3,400 vaccines to date. The South/South-West Hospital Group appears to have over 19,000 to administer. When the next roll-out comes, the mid-west share must balance that.
Dentists are front-line workers. Dentists have been calling me and they are petrified about Covid. They deal with patients everyday and they do not know whether or not they have Covid. They along with pharmacists need to be treated in the same way as GPs.
Why has the roll-out of vaccines been disproportionate to the South/South-West Hospital Group of the order of 19,000 when in the mid-west area, which I represent, the hospital has only received 3,400 vaccines? It is about supply.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-21