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
Mr. Paul Reid:
As we get vaccines in, our process involves two things. One is to provide a buffer. With the Moderna mRNA vaccine, for those vaccines that have been administered, we must keep an equivalent second dose but also second doses that are due for the following week. We administer well over 90% of vaccines that we get in any given week, including last week, within that week. The figure has been running at about 96% and that is tracked regularly. We do not keep a stockpile. The only vaccines we keep are specifically set out in the guidelines for Moderna and those tools that are due for each week.