Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister, his staff, all of the HSE personnel and the GPs who are working very hard in rolling out the vaccine. There are two issues I want to raise. Although it is a bit down the road from being delivered, the first issue concerns those in category 4, for example, patients on dialysis and people on chemotherapy treatment, who were brought from category 7 to category 4. I want to know which facilities will be used for the roll-out of the vaccines for them. There is a lot of confusion. The GPs do not know, the hospitals do not know and the clinics they are attending do not know. It is important that clarification is provided as soon as possible.

The second issue is in regard to Johnson & Johnson. It is very likely that it will receive approval on Thursday of next week, 11 March. What is the time period in which the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be made available in Ireland? What is the level or number of doses that will be made available? It is a single-dose vaccine and would really reduce the workload. I ask that we get clarification on that.

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