Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall has said she wants to see the evidence to support the Government's claims that it will be quicker to roll out the vaccination programme by age and that there is a higher risk based on age, rather than profession.
The revised plan announced yesterday will come into operation once those aged 70 years and older and the vulnerable are immunised.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Ms Shortall said it is hard to understand how there is less risk for public facing workers in a number of professions, while it is also difficult to understand how it will be quicker to deliver the vaccine more speedily on an age and not a profession basis.