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

I thank the Minister and all those who are involved in the roll-out of the vaccine. It has been most successful.

First, I have received quite a number of emails from pregnant women who are attending Cork University Maternity Hospital, some of whom have been advised that it will be at least six to eight weeks before they receive the vaccine. I understand that those who are 32 weeks' pregnant are currently being vaccinated and the programme is working backwards. It is a great concern for those women, who are going through an anxious time and who have been told they must wait six to eight weeks for the vaccine. I ask the Minister for clarification on that issue.

The Minister may not be in a position to respond to my second point. It concerns undocumented migrants in this country. I refer to those who applied for asylum but were unsuccessful and who remain here. My understanding is there are more than 30,000 such people. What is being done to include them in the vaccination programme?

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