A Fianna Fáil TD advised a young man with a congenital heart disease and a learning disability to ask his GP for a “spare” Covid-19 vaccine.
Niall Shevlin’s family are “annoyed” and felt they were asked to “canvass our GP for a vaccine”.
Meanwhile, GPs said that they are being advised to offer any spare vaccines to elderly patients at the moment.
A few weeks ago, Niall (22) emailed some public representatives highlighting disappointement that he was not included in a new cohort for vaccination, despite being deemed too high-risk by his doctor to attend his disability day centre.