Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The advice came in from NIAC and the HSE is currently working through it. I will read from the latest presentation from the vaccine task force as of this week. On the NIAC recommendations in regard to the vaccination of pregnant women, it states: "This will be implemented and a working group is being established, led by the women and infants programme, to develop the referral pathway and an operational plan as soon as possible". That is the latest report direct from the task force. Both the Deputy and I want to see it in place very quickly. We just need to be aware that there is a lot of complexity being managed within the vaccine programme. The NIAC recommendation for pregnant women came in as one of a series of recommendations and changes and while we all want to see this implemented almost immediately, it takes a little time to get the referral pathways in place.

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