No plans for Covid-19 compensation scheme
The Government is working on establishing a compensation scheme for people who suffer injury caused by a State vaccination programme.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said there were no plans “for the introduction in Ireland of a Covid-19 specific vaccine compensation scheme” in parliamentary correspondence to Independent TD Catherine Connolly, according to The Irish Times.
However, he added a report from 2020 on medical negligence claims would be considered alongside a review conducted by the Health Research Board on vaccine injury redress schemes in other countries.