Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Good morning. I thank the witnesses for the great work that they are doing with the cyberattack, which had not been planned for. The vaccination roll-out programme is going well. I acknowledge the work of Mr. Damien McCallion in leading the vaccination programme. It has gone well.

Can Mr. Reid estimate the cost of the cyberattack to date and what it will be in the future? I suspect it might be as much as €500 million. What is the cost for the companies engaged? Did the HSE use a particular country's expertise with regard to this attack when getting support from other countries?

Is any interruption to supply for the vaccination programme envisaged in the next couple of weeks? Will the supply that has been committed to be honoured? What target will the HSE achieve by the end of July? Are difficulties with supply envisaged? Is Mr. Reid confident that the supply lines that have been agreed will be honoured?

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