Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The deliveries to date have now been published. The Deputy will be able to get them on her telephone now or after the debate. I have asked the Department to provide regular updates. I believe daily updates could lead to a great deal of anxiety. One could see 80,000 arrive in on a single day and if one just took that day, and there are some people who will use the information to try to undermine the programme, it would like there was a huge gap.

Let me just think through that. I certainly agree that regular updates would be very useful. I ask for the co-operation of the House if that is possible. I gave the September figure and when the AstraZeneca figure changed people were saying we may not meet the September figure. I was accused in the Chamber of over promising. I was accused outside of the Chamber of making false promises, which essentially is being accused of lying. In fact, all I was doing was providing exactly what everyone is very reasonably asking for, but in the context of the fact that these figures will change. All I ask, if possible, is for the co-operation of colleagues in that.

With regard to Moderna, I believe those are not the figures. I understand that quite a significant amount more than that has been given out. I will double check and get a detailed note on it for the Deputy.

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