Mr. David Walsh:

No, I do not think so. As I said, there was one big week of hospital delivered healthcare worker vaccinations. Similar to the nursing home vaccinations and our acceleration of those, the number of healthcare workers vaccinated that week was actually ahead of what was planned. I cannot recall the exact number but it was close to 40,000, which is a significant number. That was done because of the amount of pressure in the hospitals, the amount of disease they were facing and to get that programme under way.

We were always doing the nursing homes. I do not believe it is true to say that a vaccine that was going to go to a healthcare worker went to a nursing home resident instead. It is also important to remember that of all the vaccinations done in long-term care, in excess of 50% went to front-line healthcare workers in those homes.