Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The roll-out of the vaccine is a great concern for so many working on the front line. Carers and older people must be offered the vaccine and foremost in the process should be our GPs, nurses and home help personnel. I have spoken to GPs and nurses in west Cork in the past couple of days who have not yet been offered the vaccine, despite us being told it has been offered throughout the country.

It is right that medical professionals like doctors and nurses in Dublin were the first to be vaccinated but their counterparts in west Cork have been left behind. I have asked the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, this question over the past few weeks and failed to get an answer. When will our GPs, nurses and home help staff be offered the vaccine in west Cork?

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