Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy asked about sequencing and prioritisation. When the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, initially looked at the list, the decision was taken to vaccinate the most vulnerable and those most at risk of a bad outcome from Covid, including death. I will ask the HSE to come back on the Deputy's question about agency workers and to state whether it has a comprehensive list of the sequence of vaccination for the different agencies. My understanding is that any paid healthcare worker on the ground has received the vaccine or can apply to receive it through the portal. The majority of front-line healthcare workers have received at least one vaccine to date.

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