Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-04
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I will first address the query on cohorts and I will revert in writing on the rest.
The short answer on cohorts 5, 6 and 7, and it is a fair question, is that they are in that sequence because NIAC has determined, using the clinical evidence available, that that is the prioritisation of risk in terms of vulnerability. For example, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has just pointed out that 93% of fatalities in Ireland to date were people aged 65 and older. Unfortunately, age is a very strong determinant.

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Sitting date: 2021-03-04