Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-25
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

With regard to the vaccine priority list, the Minister has said medical conditions and the magnitude of the risk they pose will continue to be monitored and periodically reviewed. There is robust evidence for poor outcomes in Covid-19 in the presence of pre-existing heart failure. This is for hospitalised patients and patients in the community. I can send the references to the Minister. I understand the HSE's national heart programme has made submissions to the NIAC advisory group on cardiovascular patients. It believes they need to be placed in allocation group four. These are heart failure patients under 70 years of age and patients waiting in-house for cardiovascular surgery. The national heart programme believes an error has been made. Will the Minister seek a further review of the vaccine priority list given this error? When will this happen?

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Sitting date: 2021-03-25