Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken with the Minister for Health and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to ensure that staff in special education are given priority for receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. [16686/21]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The National Immunisation Advisory Council’s recommendation, adopted by NPHET, is that the remainder of the population after Group 9 will be completed on an age basis from those aged 64 years and younger, and that this decision will replace the previous groupings in the original plan.

This decision has implications for many sectors including school staff and will result in those working in schools being vaccinated with their age cohort. People who are medically vulnerable including school staff will continue to be vaccinated in line with their original grouping.