Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The national immunisation advisory committee is looking very closely at people who are undergoing dialysis along with many other vulnerable people with underlying conditions. It will report back to the Department of Health, and the Chief Medical Officer and his team will consider that. We will decide if it is appropriate at that stage to make some changes.

Regarding carers, there is no question but that the lady the Deputy mentioned deserves a vaccine. We would like nothing more than to go into that household with four vaccines. However, because we have limited supply, we need to make some hard choices. The first thing we want to do is vaccinate the three people she is caring for and then vaccinate her as quickly as possible.

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