Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The allocation strategy was announced by the Government today. It is clear that residents of nursing homes will be first to be vaccinated, along with the healthcare workers. That is the sequence which we propose to follow. As I said earlier in the House, there will be many different proposals from different Deputies as to who should be accommodated before somebody else. We need to go with the public health advice on this and with those who have been involved in previous immunisation campaigns to get this right for the entire population. I accept the point on how difficult it has been for all concerned during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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