An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-19
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

They are not agreed. Ireland is the most vaccinated country in Europe. It has a 92% vaccination rate. It has also had the longest and most severe restrictions in the whole of Europe at a cost that is higher than most of the rest of Europe. Despite this, we have the seventh highest level of Covid-19 in the whole of the European Union at the moment. By any measure, this is a disaster and a failure of government. Rapid antigen testing outside of close contacts is still only an aspiration in the plans we have seen today. There is a request that the expert advisory group on rapid testing provide a view on future feasibility and an understanding of what is happening.

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Sitting date: 2021-10-19