Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Prior to the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the media was briefed by the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, that 875,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine would be approved for use and purchase by the Cabinet. Did that happen? We all know now there will be issues in the roll-out of the vaccine for those over 70 years. I am decoding what the Tánaiste said earlier but essentially we will not have the same amount of vaccine, given yesterday's decision on AstraZenica. Was the decision made and can the Tánaiste tell the House the date for when all front line Covid-facing healthcare workers will be fully vaccinated?

I am dealing with a situation in my home hospital of Nenagh where many of the staff have not been vaccinated. There has been a Covid outbreak there.

They are so scared because of the scale of Covid-19 in the hospital. When will all of our doctors, nurses and other Covid facing front-line workers be vaccinated? Surely the Tánaiste has a date.

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