Dáil debates

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements

 

2:20 pm

Photo of Neale RichmondNeale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming to the House for this debate. I welcome his announcement that there is to be a review of the vaccination schedule for chronically ill people such as the 1,400 sufferers of cystic fibrosis and those requiring kidney treatment, whether dialysis or otherwise. I ask that he expand on his answer about when that review might be completed. We need to provide some element of hope and succour to the very many patients around the country, and their families, who are very worried and have been really struggling with the cocooning process.

The other issue I wish to raise is slightly wider and ties in a little to what Deputy O'Connor mentioned. It relates to vaccine supply. I raised this issue the last time we had an opportunity to ask the Minister about the European procurement process. Can he provide any detail on the reports that both AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech will be able to scale up the production of their vaccines and what that might mean for Ireland's allocation of vaccines? I will finish there to allow the Minister time to respond.

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