The Secretary General of the Irish Pharmacy Union has said pharmacists will be glad to get started on the vaccination programme and over 1,000 pharmacies have already applied to be involved in the scheme.
Pharmacies will begin playing a role in vaccinations from early this month, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Seanad last night.
Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, IPU Secretary General Darragh O'Loughlin said there has been a lot of public frustration that people have not been able to get a vaccine in their local pharmacy.
He said that pharmacists have been delayed consistently by the Health Service Executive from participating in the roll-out. Mr O’Loughlin said he expects pharmacists will initially deliver supplies of the