COVID-19 Vaccination and Legal Preparedness: Lessons from Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorTumelty, Mary-Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Maryen
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Anne-Mareeen
dc.contributor.authorÓ Néill, Claytonen
dc.contributor.funderEconomic and Social Research Council en
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T09:32:10Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T09:32:10Z
dc.date.issued2022en
dc.description.abstractIreland has been a leader in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the EU, with almost 80% of the eligible population (aged over 5 years) fully vaccinated at the time of writing. The success of the vaccine rollout in this jurisdiction notwithstanding, the legal frameworks supporting the rollout had significant lacunas. Two aspects in particular highlighted a lack of legal preparedness: the inadequacy of the legal framework for consent and the absence of a vaccine injury redress scheme. This paper explores these components of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout through the lens of legal preparedness. Whilst most often discussed in the context of command and control measures such as social distancing requirements and regional lockdowns, this paper argues for an expanded understanding of what it means to be legally prepared, highlighting the importance of the preparedness of domestic legal frameworks. © Mary-Elizabeth Tumelty et al., 2022en
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomic and Social Research Council (ES/V009222/1); Irish Research Council (IRC/V00922/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationTumelty, M. E., Donnelly, M., Farrell, A. M. and Ó Néill, C. (2022) 'COVID-19 vaccination and legal preparedness: lessons from Ireland', European Journal of Health Law, 29(2), pp.240-259. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10064en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10064en
dc.identifier.endpage259en
dc.identifier.issued2
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Health Lawen
dc.identifier.startpage240en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16852
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBrill Nijhoffen
dc.rights© 2022, the Authors. This work is made available under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectConsenten
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectLegal preparednessen
dc.subjectRedressen
dc.subjectVaccinesen
dc.titleCOVID-19 Vaccination and Legal Preparedness: Lessons from Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer reviewed)en
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