'I don't think anything's fair about this pandemic and science isn't always fair, but, this is the reality that now faces us.'
When asked if it was fair to ask young people to work in hospitality but not use it, he said:"science isn't always fair but this is the reality that now faces us."
Leo Varadkar has said that the exclusion of unvaccinated people from the Government's plan to reopen indoor dining is"unfair".READ MOREWhen asked if it was fair to ask younger cohorts who have yet to receive a Covid-19 vaccine to work in hospitality but not use it, he said:" I don't think anything's fair about this pandemic and science isn't always fair, but, this is the reality that now faces us.
"Is it fair to people who work in those industries including very many young people, to say to them that someone who works in retail for example can go to work and serve customers who aren't vaccinated and you can't go to work in a restaurant or a hotel where people are fully vaccinated?"not commission an independent evaluation of the National Public Health Emergency Team's advice.
"We're not going to commission an independent evaluation, but what will happen is that all of the data from the modeling will be published," he added.confirmed that the reopening of indoor dining could come sooner for people who are vaccinated as a new system to prove people have received the jab is currently being drawn up.
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