Getting your vaccine

Registration for COVID-19 vaccines is now open for all people aged 60 to 69. This includes healthcare workers in that age group.

COVID-19 vaccines are still available to all frontline healthcare workers who have not yet been vaccinated, regardless of their age.

If you registered for your vaccine before March 26

We are sending a text message to healthcare workers that registered on the healthcare worker vaccination portal. The text will come from a number ending 425. If you want to schedule an appointment please text YES back to this number. Your nearest vaccination centre will send you an appointment by text.

You will need to bring photographic ID and proof of employment as a frontline healthcare worker. This can be your workplace identification, or a letter that confirms you are a frontline healthcare worker.

If you have already had dose 1 or dose 2 please text NO back to this number. This will not affect any record of previous vaccinations, any scheduled appointments or future vaccination appointments you may have.

If you are not a frontline healthcare worker but registered on the healthcare worker portal, you should text NO back to the number. You will then be able to register for your vaccine when your age group is being called to register. The definition of a frontline healthcare worker is published in this guide: Guidelines for Sequencing and Registration Process for HCW COVID Vaccination (4 pages, 785KB, pdf )

Healthcare workers aged 54-69

If you are a healthcare worker aged 54 to 69 and have not previously registered for a vaccine, register online for your COVID-19 vaccine through the public registration system.

Healthcare workers aged 50-59

We're inviting people aged 53 to register online from Monday 10 May.

If you are aged:

52 – register on Tuesday 11 May, or any time after
51 – register on Wednesday 12 May, or any time after
50 – register on Thursday 13 May, or any time after

Healthcare workers aged under 50

If you are a frontline healthcare worker under the age of 50, you can register for your vaccine by email.

You only need to do this if you did not register online.

You will get your vaccine at a vaccine clinic in the area you live in.

Things you need to register by email

Your email should include your:

proof of employment - for example, a letter from your manager
name
date of birth
home address
PPS number – here's how to find your PPS number
Eircode – you can find your Eircode here
mobile phone number
primary healthcare facility (where you work)
the name of the priority subgroup you are in - the subgroups are listed in the Guidelines for Sequencing and Registration Process for HCW COVID Vaccination (4 pages, 785KB, pdf).

Where to email

Find the area that you live in the list below.

Email your details to that email address. Only email one address.

Choose the area where you live, not where you work.

Dublin South, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Wicklow

Dublin South includes Dublin 2, 4, 14, 16, 18.

Email:Cho6.vaccinations@hse.ie

Dublin South West, Lucan, Saggart, Rathcoole and Kildare

Dublin South West includes Dublin 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24

Email: Hcwvac.cho7@hse.ie

Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath

Email: Staffvacc.cho8@hse.ie

Dublin North City and County

Email: Staffvacc.cho9@hse.ie

Workers essential to the vaccine programme

Workers essential to the vaccine programme are in priority group 6 of the Government’s vaccine allocation groups.

See the full list of provisional vaccine groups on gov.ie

If you are in this group we will let you know when it is time for you to get your vaccine. We'll do this through the usual staff communication channels.