Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have written to the HSE seeking details of the allocation of vaccines to all hospitals in the State. I was waiting for two weeks and got a very general and meandering response back from the HSE that basically said it was allocated based on various criteria. Will the Minister confirm this?

The HSE said the criteria was given to hospital groups in the first week in January in a pilot scheme to level 4 hospitals: St. James' Hospital, Beaumont, Cork and Galway. There was no mention of Limerick. University Hospital Limerick, UHL, is a level 4 hospital. We were also told that it was not allocated to UHL in the mid-west in Limerick because the HSE had put out requests and none was forthcoming from UHL. What is the correct position?

Will the Minister ensure that I get details on the actual roll out of the vaccine? All I want is transparency and that each area is treated equitably. I believe that Limerick and the mid-west is behind, but the people who do the vaccinations are doing incredible work. I ask the Minister to reply to these questions first and then I will have one final question for him.

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