Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021
110. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide clarity to home school community liaison officers as to when they can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine following reports of Tulsa-employed staff such as education officers, welfare officers and staff in schools having already received the vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16228/21]
View answerThe vaccine protocol devised by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC), is endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) and signed up to by Government.
In the context of the recent planning for the return of schools the Department of Education has engaged with The Department of Health who have confirmed that those essential to Education are estimated at this time to be in the first one third of the population captured by the Vaccine Allocation Strategy.
My Department has further engaged with the Department of Health requesting that consideration is given to school community as the vaccination programme is rolled out in order to accommodate school staff within the vaccination programme at the earliest possible opportunity.
