David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Who has overall responsibility for getting the vaccines from A to B? This is not just anecdotal; it is factual and has been reported by many GPs. Some did not get their vaccines on time. Some got their vaccines without proper equipment. I know one GP who received a box of leaflets as opposed to a box of vaccines and they had patients waiting to be inoculated. We have had reports of these types of incidents and we still have not been given the data on how frequently there has been a problem on the delivery side.

Mr. Reid spoke earlier about those who have been unable to buddy up. The Minister also gave us that information. That is not what we are looking for. We want to know how many times there has been a problem on the delivery side for GPs. Given that we are experiencing problems when we are administering the vaccine for the very small number of those aged over 85 - we are told we will see it ratchet up very significantly to 250,000 a week from April onwards - it is our responsibility to ask why these problems have happened. Who has overall responsibility for getting the vaccines from A to B? On how many occasions did GPs who were due to receive their vaccines not receive them on time, or receive them and may not have had the proper equipment?