Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I speak for many people when I say that the point-scoring between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael is getting quite tedious.

I have a question about Beacon Hospital. It is reported in the Irish Independenttoday that the staff in the privately-owned Beacon Hospital were vaccinated yesterday. This is the same hospital that refused to sign up to the deal with the HSE to make even 30% of its beds available to the public health system. Dr. Jack Lambert said the following this morning:

Mater has vaccinated less than 50% of those who need it because we have not been given enough vaccine; who made those decisions? No transparency in who made these decisions. Poor communication. COVID vaccine roll out is critical; we need transparency, a very detailed plan.

Why are the vaccinations happening in a private hospital that will not row in behind the national effort, meagre and all as it is? Why are people in the Mater hospital not getting the vaccine, as outlined by Dr. Lambert?

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