Recent news from Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) reported adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland has surpassed 9470.
Question are now being asked by those who have been affected by Covid-19 vaccines as to why Ireland has not yet acted on the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation to put a redress scheme in place.
Back in December 2020, Breakingnews.ie reported that a redress scheme for those who suffer extreme reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine was being developed.
The Oireachtas Health Committee heard back in December from Prof. Karina Butler, a consultant paediatrician and chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee who said told the committee that a redress scheme has been recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Prof. Butler said “A further challenge is to finalise the development of a national injury redress programme to provide support and care in the event that any vaccine recipient develops a serious vaccine reaction as recommended by the World Health Organisation”.
In a written Dail question in March ’21 to Fianna Fail’s Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, Deputy Catherine Connolly as for an update on the Vaccine compensation scheme.
Minister Donnelly replied;
“Work to advance policy development in this regard is underway in my Department”.
However, millions of vaccines later, we are still waiting for details of a covid-19 vaccine redress scheme for those in the Irish community that have suffered and will suffer adverse effects from these vaccines.
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