Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have suggested seven tools but they are not part of the Government's plan. Many of them were suggested previously and they were not taken on board. I find it shocking that the Taoiseach has come in here and said the Government will not provide metrics but that he is asking the Opposition to put forward metrics, given the fact that the Taoiseach is the person who deals fully with the public health advice all the time.

On quarantine, what the Government is proposing is laughable. Some 2,000 Brazilians came into this country. Can the Taoiseach tell the public out there, who are limited to staying within 5 km, that it was necessary for 2,000 Brazilians to come into this country to work in low-paid employment? Was that absolutely necessary?

We are reliant on the vaccines and I have made suggestions on the vaccine roll-out that have not been taken on board. I want to ask one specific question on vaccines. Denmark has said it will vaccinate its country by 27 June. Denmark and Germany bought extra vaccines through the EU framework from Greece and Portugal as those countries did not take them up. Why did Ireland not do so? Can the Taoiseach explain to the House how Denmark and Germany got to buy those vaccines before Ireland and what efforts we made?

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