Department of Health defends Ireland's Covid-19 vaccine priority list

Dr O'Sullivan said that Ireland’s allocation strategy was based on a limited resource. "Decisions had been made on the basis of allocating a scarce resource. File Picture: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

The Chief Bio-Ethics officer with the Department of Health, Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan, has defended Ireland’s vaccination roll out programme and priority list.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Dr O’Sullivan said that most countries had the same priority policy as Ireland – putting older people and front line workers first.