‘Urgent need’ for carers to get priority in Covid-19 jab rollout, Dáil hears

A sign for a vaccination centre at DCU on Collins Avenue in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Family carers are at their “wits’ end” over the lack of priority being afforded to them in the national Covid-19 vaccination programme, the Dáil has heard.

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said there was an “urgent need” for carers to be given priority in the rollout of the vaccines.