David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Do we have any idea? When I talk to some of these manufacturers, they tell me they have already manufactured huge numbers of doses. If that is the case, we should have some sense from them as to how many doses we are likely to get, say, in the first half of next year if there is positive news on regulatory approval. There must be some indication of how many doses we would have acquired in the first six months after positive approval.

Let us consider, for example, just six months. What would be the likely number of vaccines coming on stream, and possibly administered?