Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our guests and thank them for their work. The last speaker has indicated how frustrating it is to get one's hands on basic figures and I do not know why we have to battle for that. We did submit questions before this meeting, which was helpful and worked well. Can we get an undertaking that we can submit questions and receive written replies on a regular basis? We should not have to battle to get basic data.

The figure for the weekly number of vaccines given, the highest weekly number was 129,000 vaccines administered, which is a very long way short of 0.25 million. We have not got today's figures yet so we do not know what the figure is for the last week. Can it be made available to us either now or as soon as possible? The data is hours later than normal today for some unknown reason. We need to keep track so can the figure be made available?

The weekly supply projection figure has also not been made available. We were promised a weekly figure but we have not had an official supply projection figure since 7 April so there are two weeks outstanding. Can the figure be updated quickly? Can we have the figures today?

I would like Professor Butler to respond to my questions on pregnant women. It has been reported that three pregnant women with Covid were in intensive care units, ICUs, last weekend. I am sure Professor Butler knows of those reports about a risk of miscarriage and stillbirth in pregnant women as a result of Covid. Does she believe that all pregnant women should be regarded as a priority group for the vaccines or is she satisfied to continue with the suggestion that they are dealt with on an age basis or relevant cohort, irrespective of their pregnancy status?