Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs, SEN teachers and-or teachers in special schools, units and mainstream primary and secondary schools are all classified as essential workers; the vaccination allocation group which applies to each group of workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3086/21]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Education workers including teachers and SNAs are essential workers.

The administration of the vaccine and prioritisation of vulnerable or essential groups is a matter for the Health Service Executive.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Strategy for the vaccine was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and Department of Health, endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020.

Questions in this regard should be forwarded to my colleague, the Minister for Health.