Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Going back to the difficulties related to Covid-19, Mr. Watt spoke about the difficulties and that there are bigger numbers than in 2020. It is worrying that people are not taking up the third booster. Am I right to say that it is an adapted vaccine? Can the witnesses go into more detail on that? The attitude seems to be that people feel they have had all the different boosters, are boosted up at this stage and do not need to go for the additional one, and so on. The take-up of the booster, particularly for those who are immune compromised or older, is low. Are there any indications why that is happening? Is it just people being vaccine-wary? There was mention of the flu vaccine. Is it recommended that people get the two vaccines together? I have heard of people having this. Is there much of an impact on the individual's system when they get the two together? Are they feeling more groggy and so on? I ask because I presume there are people out there at the moment who are humming and hawing about whether they are going to get this third vaccine or not. Can the witnesses maybe speak on the importance of that?