Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. We are discussing the roll-out of a vaccine. I am not anti-vaccine, but I want the public to be given information so that if people have concerns and questions, they can be addressed. People should not be dictated to or threatened into taking the vaccine. I have publicly stated that, when the vaccine is available to me, I will seek medical advice from my own GP on when the right time to take it is.

Our main problem is the information that is being provided to the public. In recent weeks, Christmas lights were turned on in the Minister's constituency in Greystones. During a lockdown, he tweeted that they were being turned on to make people come to the event he was promoting.

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