Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will also ask about patients who are attending hospital on a regular basis, dialysis patients in particular. It is a considerable challenge because many of them are attending a medical facility three times a week and many of those patients and their families are extremely concerned. What additional mechanisms have been put in place to make sure that those vulnerable patients do not contract Covid-19? What can be done to assist them? My understanding is that they are down the panel for vaccination. We are talking about quite a small group of people, in real terms. What is planned to deal with that situation?