Mr. Damien McCallion:

We are at cohort two of healthcare workers. The estimated size of the cohort is approximately 200,000. As of Sunday, we had 174,000 on dose one and 84,000 on dose two. We have seen an increase in registrations from the private sector in the past week. That is a good thing and we anticipate that will run on for another week based on those numbers as well so we would expect to exceed the cohort size. The Senator will appreciate that is just an estimate for the private system While we have a good handle on the public system the private system is still there. People are being pulled off the portal by the local vaccination centres on a prioritised basis; that is how the function works. However, with the numbers at the moment, as I said, close to-----