Dr Denis McCauley, Chairman of the Irish Medical Association on radio just now has stated that he is firmly opposed to making vaccines mandatory. He is more in favour of "a large carrot and small stick approach" as the uptake to the vaccine rollout in Ireland has been excellent.
His comments come in the wake of the Irish Supreme Court's examination of the case for mandatory vaccines. Their view is the benchmark for legalising mandatory vaccines would have to be very significant and one that takes into account bodily autonomy for it to prove justifiable.
Any Irish Supreme Court decision in favour of mandatory vaccines would also have to require a new law to be passed which would open up a very large debate and strong resistance from various quarters that may prove counterproductive to gaining sufficient public support.
Dr McCauley did add that there may be separate case for requiring health care staff to be vaccinated but again it would be preferable if it remained a voluntary decision.
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