Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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974. To ask the Minister for Health the sequence of events including timelines that take place to transport vaccines from the point of arrival into the country on a plane or ship to the point of administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13481/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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975. To ask the Minister for Health if the IT system used to record vaccines administered was upgraded, as expected, in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13482/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The national Covid vaccination systems deployed in response to the pandemic, was upgraded in January and indeed continues to be developed and refined in response to the emerging needs of the Covid vaccination programme. Decisions regarding the definition of which cohorts/ groups of people will receive which vaccine, and in what type of location eg hospital, GP surgery, mass vaccination clinic, among others, can have significant impacts on the configuration of the system. A dedicated team with technical expertise within the HSE are engaged in this work with technical partners IBM and Salesforce.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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976. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of the IT system used to record vaccines administered; if the IT system is capable of processing upwards of 40,000 records per day as will be required in April 2021 in order to meet the target of 1.2 million vaccinations that month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.