Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the information he has given us this evening and the work he is doing.

I have had many pregnant women on to me asking who they should contact about the vaccine. I have letters from both GPs and maternity hospitals stating they have got no information on this. People are anxious as there are more than 40,000 women at any one time who are pregnant. Clarification needs to be given on this. Will the Minister give some clarification on this issue this evening?

A study in UK shows that the condition of those with long Covid improved dramatically once they got the vaccine. Could we look at prioritising these patients? Many of them are out sick from between three to five months. It is important they are looked after. One way of doing so is by making the vaccine available to them, regardless of age.

I had to email Dr. Ronan Glynn today because a constituent whose wife got the vaccine had an adverse reaction to it for the past 12 days. The advice they were getting seemed to have been incorrect to such an extent that Dr. Ronan Glynn rang me and asked that the constituent would immediately go to hospital to get medical care. Will further information be given out to GPs about how they deal with those on whom the vaccine has an adverse effect?

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