Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Given the availability of the flu vaccine, both for healthcare workers and, I understand, target groups - we have identified 1.9 million vaccines - the HSE does not seem to be progressing a population-wide programme with the objective that everyone in the population will have the same level of access that healthcare workers have. That will have an impact on the number of people presenting to emergency wards and will put pressure on healthcare workers. Have the unions given any though to the impact of that on the already depleted levels of staff?