Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive
Mr. Paul Reid:
With respect, I was trying to give that figure down to exactly what we expect now for this quarter. In answer to the Deputy's question we had expected 1.2 million for this quarter. Realistically we see that probably drifting into the first week of April. Some 175,000 of them were to be delivered on the last day or so. Realistically it will be around 1.1 million, probably going to 1.2 million in the first week of April. With changes to supply, changes to prioritisation, changes to sequencing and changes in vaccine types to be utilised, we have probably changed our operating plan 15 to 17 times in total. How many of those have been down to supply issues? On a regular basis from the start of this we have had to adjust to whatever the issue is, be it a supply chain issue or otherwise. The delivery of it has not impacted to the end of the quarter from an efficiency or an operational perspective. The delivery of it, if it is to be impacted, will be impacted by supply.
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