The Government has been urged to introduce a twin-track’ approach which would see gardaí, teachers and frontline workers being vaccinated against Covid-19 while it also rolls out its age-based vaccination programme.
Updated / Sunday, 4 Apr 2021
17:24
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has said the Government must consider an occupational vaccine roll-out programme for frontline high-risk jobs to be run alongside the age-based vaccine programme.
Speaking on RTÉ s This Week, AGSI General Secretary Antoinette Cunningham said it should not be a difficulty to get all gardaí vaccinated, adding that the confrontational and high-risk job they do speaks for itself .
Ms Cunningham said the AGSI cannot understand why the undertakings given to the association by the Minster for Justice, in that gardaí should be vaccinated as soon as possible, could not be adhered to.
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Something just didn’t feel right. Tom , a clerical worker in one of the HSE’s administration buildings in Dublin, had been working from home since the start of the pandemic. When the email came through from his line manager in February, telling him to get registered on the HSE online portal for vaccination, he wondered why he was being categorised as a frontline healthcare worker.
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Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 21:16 Updated: Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 21:30
The Garda Representative Association (GRA) held two emergency meetings on Thursday during which the possibility was raised that members of the force might decline to respond to certain situations due to the risk from Covid-19.
No definitive decision was taken but it is understood representatives raised the issue of whether gardaí should be expected to put themselves in harm’s way without a Covid-19 vaccine where the risk of exposure to the disease is high.