Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are serious issues relating to the vaccine and there are serious issues relating to trust and transparency. The comments of the Taoiseach in personalising things when a person such as me asks a Leaders' Question, the opportunity for which only comes up on a circular basis, are not helpful. I do not take it personally, but the thing is that the Taoiseach is ignoring the facts I raised and my colleagues are raising relating to the serious issues of how we get people to take the vaccination in sufficient numbers. We cannot do that if there is no trust. Trust is based on transparency and facts. I, as a Deputy, have absolutely no facts relating to the indemnity except that it is open-ended and is being given to at least six companies. That number is rising.

Only today, the Taoiseach has looked at the Meenan report. It has been on his desk for months. He has not told us for how long it has been sitting there, when it was completed, why it has not been published or why he has not acted on it. If he wishes for us to work with him and he wishes us to encourage people to take the vaccine, he should stop the snide comments, the joking and putting people down and let us deal with the issues and the facts.

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