Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask for a report specifically on how many weeks or days any delay will be but I can give the Deputy a decent answer on the flu vaccine and what is coming. We have 1.3 million doses on order, which is sufficient for a 90% uptake among the at-risk groups and healthcare workers, all of which will be provided for free. On the specific version referenced by the Deputy, we have 600,000 doses of the live attenuated influenza vaccine which, as the Deputy has said, will be delivered via nasal drops rather than injection. This will cover 75% of children aged between two and 12 years. We are targeting the groups most likely to be hospitalised by the flu.