Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is clear that there are severe shortcomings with regard to registration. I refer, for example, to the underdevelopment of the individual patient identifier and the lack of chronic illness registers. I understand why the decision in favour of self-registration was taken, although I have some questions about it. How is it proposed to establish the health status of people who self-register? How is it proposed to reach out to those who do not register, particularly those in priority categories? How will people who are not familiar with computers register? Informed consent was mentioned earlier. How will that be obtained from people in the various categories and specifically from those in the first category, people living in long-term residential settings? The witnesses may prefer to answer my final question in writing. Can they set out a schedule of the likely timing of the delivery of vaccines to this country after their approval? I ask whoever is most appropriate to respond to those questions please.