Minister to ask NIAC to consider where family carers fit on vaccine priority list

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Donnelly is particularly concerned about the situation for carers of children who are high risk.

Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie THE MINISTER FOR Health is to ask the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to consider whether family carers could be included in one of the vaccine groups currently being reviewed.

The government had said that NIAC would also consider the place of family carers, but the committee did not return with any advice on this group earlier this week. One family who would be impacted their designation as a specific group within a cohort is the Nolan family, who this week expressed their devastation at not being mentioned when the announcement about high-risk groups was made.

 

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Service Users & Carers locked up for nearly a year with no end in sight. When will adult day disability centres fully reopen. Some are only getting a few hours a week while others are closed since level 5 came in. Please help service users & their families.

“Donnelly is particularly concerned about the situation for carers of children who are high risk.” This is very welcome albeit v late... DonnellyStephen NolanDavo janejohnstone4 Sammlesie sammievillena sarahgi62413447 shinebox2 adharadublin CarersIreland CarersCantWait

As long as they don’t push 65-69 yr olds any further down the list. Anyone nit high or very high risk and 65-69 is in danger of being overlooked. rtenews missed them out yesterday.

I think the best thing this Minister could do is go home and paint his new fence. When it dries, paint it again. In the meantime maybe someone from somewhere might appear and take control of this crisis. NO one from inside the Dáil on ANY side is capable.

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