Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The roll out to individual hospital groups, as I am sure the Deputy will acknowledge, is an operational matter. There is no political involvement whatsoever in how many doses go to different parts of the country. They are operational decisions. I asked the HSE the exact question posed by the Deputy and was told that to begin with, the HSE contacted the hospital groups and asked how ready they were and how much could they take. The initial amount dispersed was done on that basis, and then they immediately moved to a pro ratabasis based on the numbers of front-line healthcare workers in each hospital group.

Dentists are included in cohort 2.

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