Sharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There were comments about certain countries not getting it right. Many countries did not do things right. We are part of that. England has done something that we have not done. It has brought in Covid certificates for the medically exempt. I ask the Minister of State to look at that. There is no reason those who cannot be vaccinated for whatever reason cannot have a Covid certificate. They are banned now from gyms and swimming pools which was their one way of looking after themselves. There are people who were looking after their rehabilitation and physical and mental well-being and that has been taken away from them. The UK may have got a lot of things wrong but it got that right. They have looked after those who are medically exempt.

People have spoken about Europe getting its act together. Certain countries are making vaccines mandatory. We do not want to go down that road. The Minister of State spoke about going into schools but she forgot the one thing that is required, that is, the parents' consent to vaccinate those children.That is, therefore, the most important thing. I just want to-----