20 private school teachers were vaccinated, instead.
The Beacon Hospital did not consider giving leftover vaccines to higher priority groups before a group of private school teachers.
A HSE review believes it would have been feasible to give the jabs to others instead.
Niall Colbert reports:
"As part of Ireland's vaccination rollout - certain groups were prioritised, including healthcare workers and the elderly.
It would then proceed based on people's age.
However, controversy arose in the early stages of the rollout when 20 teachers from St gerards in Bray were given vaccines at the Beacon Hospital.
CEO Michael Cullen, whose children attended the school, called the headmistress to offer the jabs.
The HSE review has found no evidence that St Gerard's had solicited for the jabs prior to the offer.
The hospital insists this was done to avoid wastage.
The review says the Beacon moved by mobilising a group of people that they considered offered a viable solution to wastage.
However, this was done without considering alternative people or groups higher on the vaccine allocation groupings.
The HSE reviewer believes it would have been feasible to give the surplus vaccines to groups higher on the sequencing list had such a consideration been made."
€1.2m Approved For Zipline And High Ropes Adventure Centre At Donadea
Christmas Appeal To Adopt Dogs As Euthanasia Figures Rise
Speed Enforcement To Increase In Kildare With 21 New Camera Zones To Be Rolled Out In January
Over 400 Motorists Caught Speeding So Far Today, Including A Driver In Kilcock
Transport Minister In Discussions With Irish Rail About Extending Late-Night Trains Beyond Christmas
Tadhg And Mary Should Be Looking Forward To Christmas, Say Gardai As Fresh Appeal Launched
Bus Shelters Treated As Luxury Rather Than Standard, With 500 Kildare Bus Stops In Need Of Upgrades
Recruitment Announcements Don’t Add Up As Garda Numbers Stagnant In Kildare South, Says Local TD
