{"id":1054323,"date":"2021-11-25T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054323"},"modified":"2021-11-25T08:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:58:40","slug":"watch-get-vaccinated-if-you-want-to-participate-in-society-senator-tells-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-get-vaccinated-if-you-want-to-participate-in-society-senator-tells-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Get Vaccinated if You Want to Participate in Society, Senator Tells Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-get-vaccinated-if-you-want-to-participate-in-society-senator-tells-ireland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vaccination-ireland-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Irish Senator Gerry Horkan has stated that those who wish to \u201cparticipate in society\u201d must be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Gerry Horkan, a member of Fianna F\u00e1il, a party currently in government, told Seanad \u00c9ireann \u2014 the upper house of Ireland\u2019s legislature, roughly equivalent to the UK\u2019s House of Lords \u2014 on Tuesday that those who wanted to \u201cparticipate in society\u201d must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The senator made the comments as he was discussing expanding existing restrictions on unvaccinated people within the Republic of Ireland, which implemented a Covid pass regime back in July of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, or have recovered from the disease within the last six months, are permitted by law to dine indoors, with restrictions subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/publication\/3361b-public-health-updates\/\">expanded<\/a> to include nursing homes, cinemas, theatres, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/2021\/1028\/1256314-nightlife-covid-ireland\/\">nightclubs<\/a>, as well as certain other events.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.775862068966\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen Gerry Horkan (FF) on vaccine apartheid:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why not supermarkets? Why not public transport? I know it is difficult to police some of these things, but really, if you want to participate in society, you need to be vaccinated.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWkN9wS2tL\">pic.twitter.com\/kWkN9wS2tL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JRD (@JRD0000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRD0000\/status\/1463221410474733576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Senator Horkan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/debates\/debate\/seanad\/2021-11-23\/10\/\">questioned<\/a> why the existing measures had not yet been extended even further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not supermarkets? Why not public transport?\u201d Senator Horkan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/oireachtas-tv\/video-archive\/seanad-videos\/4960\/\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to participate in society, you need to be vaccinated,\u201d the senator stated, saying that those who do not want to participate should stay at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re putting the rest of us at risk, and you\u2019re putting the economy at risk,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>In the same sitting, Senator&nbsp;Martin Conway of Fine Gael, another coalition party, also questioned why restrictions against the unvaccinated had yet to be expanded further.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The senator claimed that the \u201cvaccination infrastructure\u201d that had been built by the Irish government was not yet being used \u201cto its optimum\u201d and that he \u201creally believed that the covid certificate should be used far more widely\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot understand why the covid certificate isn\u2019t required for access to gyms, hairdressers, hotels, events and other such events that take place around the country (sic),\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see government come out in the next few days with an increased use of the covid certificate that the amount of Irish people, at 95%, have bought into,\u201d Senator Conway demanded, seemingly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-58522792\">reference<\/a> to the per cent of Ireland\u2019s adult population who are vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The current restrictions against unvaccinated individuals in Ireland had been set to expire on October 9th, but the measures were extended, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/covid-in-ireland-extra-two-weeks-of-vaccine-passports-for-indoor-dining-5tpz9d6k8\">initially<\/a> to October 22nd, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/new-law-covid-emergency-powers-5596856-Nov2021\/\">again<\/a> after that, this time with no clear end date.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish government had also come under fire earlier in the year for a months-long ban on all religious services, bar weddings and funerals, a measure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/04\/19\/irish-archbishop-slams-draconian-ban-on-public-worship\/\">referred<\/a> to as \u201cdraconian\u201d by one Catholic archbishop within the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8443113772455\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Corona Passports: Ireland Considers Giving Vaccine Certificate Holders Extra Freedoms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9DTl2hg5Y5\">https:\/\/t.co\/9DTl2hg5Y5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1339569537063088129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish Senator Gerry Horkan has stated that those who wish to \u201cparticipate in society\u201d must be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus. 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