Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-04
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Fergus O'Dowd (FG), Louth

I have a question for the Minister about Drogheda. Drogheda is a town of 40,000 people and surrounding it live another 40,000. At the moment, insofar as we are aware, the HSE is insisting that the vaccination centre for Louth will go to either Navan or Dundalk, which is very difficult for a great many people. Will there be enough vaccinators to ensure that a centre is opened in Drogheda or, alternatively, will the vaccinators be rotated around large centres of population such as Drogheda, Dundalk, Ardee and so on? It is hugely important that the Minister answers that question. I appreciate that we have 8,629 vaccinators trained at the moment. How many more are needed to make sure that Drogheda can have its own centre?

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Sitting date: 2021-03-04