EDUCATION MINISTER NORMA Foley has said the decision to shift to an age-based vaccine roll-out is not “a value judgement” on any profession, as teachers’ unions continue to call for their members to be prioritised.
The minister said she can understand the sense of disappointment felt by many in the education sector and other sectors. However she said health officials had presented the government with medical evidence underpinning the recent change. “The three teacher unions have agreed to table a joint motion to their respective congresses over the course of the next two days.
“We genuinely think that there’s every possibility of running the age-based system in parallel with something that is specifically directed towards particular professions”, he said. “You could have the age groups on the left-hand side queue, and just like we have with the healthcare workers, that you would have the teachers, the guards, and the shop workers, and anyone else in a crowded setting on the right-hand side,” Boyle told Morning Ireland.
The ASTI teacher’s union meeting with the Minister and public health officials last weeks was described as “unsatisfactory”.
Teachers should not have been prioritised in the first place!by age is the fairest way once all health care and guards have been done!
No it's not a value judgement .. It's a downright lack of planning from Government ministers. A useless corrupt Health Minister. A useless corrupt Tanaiste. A useless overpaid HSE CEO. A useless corrupt Foreign Minister. A non existent Task Farce Corruption from all corners