Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive

Mr. Paul Reid:

We are very conscious of what the Chairman has just said in terms of the shock effect of ambulances. We have worked hard to ascertain the best way to get to housebound patients of GPs and there is no doubt the best approach is through our National Ambulance Service. Obviously, we do not want this to be a surprise for people, so our teams will make contact in advance, which they already do for swabbing. National Ambulance Service personnel are well trained and take a professional approach to giving advance notice. It is the most appropriate way to reach housebound people. As I said previously, the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines are very complex vaccines. In terms of reaching those who are housebound, this is the best approach, involving very well-trained paramedics.

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