Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have a genuine question relating to boosters for the over 60s, specifically, those aged 60 to 69. When they got the AstraZeneca vaccine, there was a delay whereby younger cohorts were fully vaccinated long in advance of the majority of those aged 60 to 69. I understand that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, NIAC, provides the advice on this issue and I am not disputing that. I am not disputing the advice on the five-month gap but the last time around, the gap of three months between doses was reduced to five weeks by the end of the programme. Will the Taoiseach ask NIAC to look at this issue on a regular basis, because evidence comes in and things change? It is a fact that those aged 60 to 69 are being treated differently. People younger than them are going to be jumping ahead of them for booster vaccines. We need to have fairness in this.

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