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Article History

Received: 30 January 2024

Accepted: 27 January 2025

First Online: 6 February 2025

Declarations

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: This evaluation was part of routine operational practices conducted in the interest of public health. Ethical approval or patient consent was not required for any component of this evaluation as under medical officer of health legislation in Ireland and the Health Act 2007, service evaluations and statutory public health work conducted for the planning and delivery of health services do not require research ethical approval [, ]. The evaluation was undertaken in accordance with the Health Service Executive (HSE) data protection policy and Article 9 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, which provides exception to the prohibition of the processing of sensitive personal health information without consent for reasons of public interest in the area of public health [].

: All authors consent to publication of this work.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The EPIET fellow is supported financially by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The views and opinions expressed herein do not state or reflect those of ECDC. ECDC is not responsible for the data and information collation and analysis and cannot be held liable for conclusions or opinions drawn.