Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is interesting because only a week ago Mr. Paul Reid spoke about this at the HSE briefing. When asked if the nursing home acceleration had led to the cancellation of front-line staff vaccinations he said that was practically what happened. It is interesting to hear the two different perspectives.

Looking back, what if the HSE and hospitals had known what they know now about the shift that was going to happen and the acceleration? This is not a debate about who should or should not get it. Decisions are made and that is fine. Do the HSE officials believe that those hospitals would have been stricter in ensuring that the most at-risk healthcare workers got the vaccine if they had known their supply was going to be changed? We know of some of the scandalous stories about hospitals giving vaccinations to people who were not necessarily on the list first. Do the HSE officials believe that if they had known that it would have been somewhat stricter?