Written answers
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Department of Health
Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring the repeated failure on the part of Cork HSE mental health management to provide clarity in responses to numerous Parliamentary Questions on the alleged offering of first-dose Covid vaccines to non-patient-facing corporate staff, including management HSE staff, based in the Model Business Park, Cork in early January 2021, prior to the scheduling of vaccines for some of the most at-risk client and staff cohorts in congregated mental health settings, to the attention of the recently appointed HSE CEO; if the sequencing of vaccines by HSE managers to service-users and staff according to the agreed protocols will form part of the State's inquiry into its handling of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34032/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It should be noted that the establishment of an inquiry or review into the State's response to the COVID-19 pandemic would be a matter for Government and as such it is best answered by the office of An Taoiseach.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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