Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a very high figure. It is a huge figure and the witnesses need to do more work on it. This may mean the Garda calling, because these people are known with known addresses. The Garda should call and ask them, in the interests of public health, to turn up.

The second question I have relates to the uptake of the flu vaccine, as well as to the certainty of the return of flu and the probable return of Covid-19. From my reading of what the witnesses gave us, the rate of take-up in the HSE is 44%, which is far too low. In other words, if less than half of the workers in acute hospitals and healthcare settings are taking the vaccine, that puts everybody at serious risk, including themselves. What steps does the HSE propose to change that figure significantly?