Dr. Clodagh McAllister:

The vast majority of dentists have got the first vaccine shot. We are not fully vaccinated yet. It was an absolute nightmare trying to get it organised. From the day we registered on the portal on 9 February, it took until the end of March for the vaccinations to be organised. The only way it got organised was with the help of Mr. Hourihan, who liaised with the various CHO areas to get it off the ground. They could not access the information on the portal on which we had all signed up. They could not get in touch with us. The fact that we are not fully vaccinated is probably one of the reasons only 130 dentists have signed up as vaccinators. Given that practices are extremely busy, I do not see people wanting to volunteer to work all day Monday to Friday and then around the clock on Saturday and Sunday. I am certain that we will play our part in the roll-out of the vaccination programme. We will facilitate something, but we must be fully vaccinated first for that to happen.