People who may have suffered adverse effects from the COVID Vaccine are being urged to turn out for a public meeting on the ‘Vaccine Injury Compensation Scheme’ taking place in Dún Laoghaire later this week.
The meeting, organised by local Aontú rep for the area, Mairead Tóibín, will hear from leading medics together with some people who claim they were injured from the vaccines.
Urging the state to implement the scheme as a matter of urgency, Ms Tóibín says
“Victims are being left in limbo for years now on the promise of a ‘Vaccine Injury Compensation Scheme’. It was first mooted by the then Minister for Health Stephen Donnolly in 2021. Ireland had one of the highest uptakes of Covid 19 vaccines at over 85% and yet we are in the minority in the EU without a proper compensation scheme.’
“Many people who have suffered from Covid vaccine injuries feel stonewalled, even when seeking information or acknowledgment of their injuries. Some have even travelled abroad to obtain detailed reports of their health status.
Most people taking the Covid vaccines were strongly encouraged to do so, largely from a sense of moral duty towards protecting others.
In December 2020 an expert group chaired by Judge Meenan recommended that a state vaccination compensation scheme be put in place as a matter of urgency stating, ‘a strong moral argument that the State which actively encourages vaccination, should accept responsibility for those who suffer harm as a result’.
‘It’s high time this government lived up to its moral obligations”.
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