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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 12, 2021

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor Alan Edge

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Community Response Forum and the extent to which it will be involved in the vaccine roll-out, including redeployment of staff in line with CCMA recommendations.

REPLY:

The Community Response Forum met on Monday 29th March and it was agreed that two actions would be undertaken imminently to support the vaccine roll-out, namely:

• The Council's Chief Executive, as Chair of the Community Response Forum, with the HSE Chief Officer for South Dublin, Kildare & West Wicklow, would jointly write to all statutory organisations in the County to request that they facilitate redeployment of staff to support the vaccine roll-out.
• That the South Dublin County Volunteer Centre, in conjunction with the South Dublin Public Participation Network, would issue a request for volunteers from community, voluntary and sporting organisations in the County to work at vaccination centres.

South Dublin County Council (SDCC) is committed to providing every support possible to the HSE Vaccination Programme in the coming months while continuing to provide our own essential services. On this basis, potential staff that may be available for reassignment are being identified following receipt of a request for such support from the HSE.