Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

No. I am making a statement. We all heard the story today about the Connemara GP racing around in the dead of night getting the needles and syringes because he was informed of the delivery at the very last minute. Leaving that aside, the story that is heard across the country and that I have heard in Cork North Central is of the old people who were asked to go to their GP surgery.

There is excitement about the big day, they arrive in the morning and the vaccines are not there because the GP surgery has been told at the very last minute. Then there is upset and disappointment. People were hoping for better from the situation. There is room for improvement here. We are not talking about AstraZeneca; we are talking about communications for which the Government and the HSE are responsible.

I have 12 seconds left so I do not really have time to ask a question. I wish to register the point that people are watching this situation in desperation in some cases. People are willing to make it work, but it is a two-way thing and there has to be improvements in that regard.

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