Dáil debates

Thursday, 4 March 2021

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed)

 

3:30 pm

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have three minutes. I could say a lot but I will not. The vaccination is one part of a process and the Government is utterly failing in relation to the overall process to obtain trust. I do not think the Government's messaging and mixed messaging is helping to increase trust in the system, specifically with the time available in relation to the vaccine.

My colleague mentioned Dr. Sloane, who was on "Today with Claire Byrne" earlier.

Let me take the front page of The Irish Timesin which Dr. Mary Favier, a GP and member of the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, talked about a problem with deliveries, and Dr. Denis McAuley, chair of the GP council of the Irish Medical Organisation, talked about delivery in a very mild, moderate manner. Then we have Dr. Sloane at the end of his tether on behalf of his patients. What he describes is simply unbelievable. I do not know if the Minister or the Minister of State is going to answer me, but perhaps he or she could take one minute and then allow me one minute to come back in regarding that debacle.

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