Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-25
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Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF), Cork North-Central

I will be brief and will allow the rest of my time for the Minister to respond. Rapid antigen testing facilities have opened in Dublin and in Offaly today. For the past few months I have promoted the role of rapid antigen testing. I know why the centres have been opened in those two locations, but will the Minister clarify if he has any plans to promote this any further across the State?
There is a bit of confusion around where heart transplant patients lie in the vaccination cohorts. Will the Minister clarify under which category people on the heart transplant waiting list fall with regard to the vaccination roll-out?

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Sitting date: 2021-03-25