Mr. Thierry Breton:

In quarter 1, we delivered 1.3 million doses to Ireland. In quarter 2, it will be 4.25 million doses and then by mid-July it will probably be between 5.5 million and 6 million doses. The number of adults in Ireland is 3.7 million. This includes also some doses coming from Johnson & Johnson, which offers a one-shot vaccine. This is why we are confident that we be able to deliver enough doses. It is up to member states to organise themselves. It will require a very rapid acceleration to be ready for that. I understand that 12 member states on the list have said that they are fully comfortable with 70%. This number is increasing on a daily basis. As I said in my introductory remarks, it will depend on the ability of the countries to organise mass vaccinations in order to be able to reach 70% of the adult population by mid-July and to make sure that one's fellow citizens will accept to be vaccinated.

If the Chairman wishes, I could say a few words on the task force. The lesson has been learned. We need to organise. We have a task force now. Before signing a new contract now, I asked all the negotiators to make sure that before signing the definitive agreement my task force will investigate and ensure that the pharmaceutical companies with whom we sign up will be able to deliver what they commit to do. The lesson has been learned. We need to have this task force, which is organised now. It will be a good tool to make sure that we can select good partners, like we have done with Pfizer, which did not just deliver, it over-delivered, and also to follow on a daily basis their production capacity in order to give the right, accurate information to allow member states to organise their own campaign.