Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Eighteen years ago last April, I had a meeting with the Taoiseach, then Minister for Health and Children, and Deirdre Gillane, along with Margaret Best, with regard to a no-fault vaccine compensation scheme. The Government has decided to introduce indemnity for the five vaccine companies that are coming forward with a Covid-19 vaccine. I ask the Taoiseach when we will see a no-fault compensation scheme introduced here. We are one of the few countries in Europe now where children and families have to go to court and prove beyond reasonable doubt that the vaccine they took has had an impact on them, yet we still will not introduce a compensation scheme here. If we are going to give medical indemnity to the vaccine companies, why are we forcing families to go to the courts to get their rights and the compensation that they need?

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