Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-04
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

Yes, those healthcare workers who deal with patients. It is expected that all public facing, front-line facing healthcare workers will have both doses by the end of March. Some do already. Some have not had the first dose yet. Obviously, the AstraZeneca vaccine can now be prioritised for those healthcare workers.
To clarify, the number of doses we will receive has not gone down. It is still 1.2 million between the start of the year and the end of March. We will still be able to start vaccinating the over 85s from the middle of February.

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Sitting date: 2021-02-04