Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Reid. I have two quick questions arising from a GP with whom I spoke. The GP in question expressed worries about the pace of the roll-out. I understand that issues completely outside of our guests' control mean that the vaccination programme is going at a slower place than we hoped. The GP is worried that the virus will mutate to a point where the vulnerable people who have already been vaccinated will have to be vaccinated again relatively quickly because of the slow speed of the roll-out. I am not a specialist in this area and my questions are a result of the person to whom I was talking. That person said that the whole point is to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible to slow down mutations. Does Mr. Reid have any comment to make on that? Will there be any impact because of the slow rate here? Is the person who spoke to me expressing unfounded concerns?