Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With regard to transparency of supply, we are largely in agreement. The Deputy suggested I provide information in relation to three areas, namely, forecast, delivery and administration. In regard to the administration, we can all accept there is daily information released in that regard. It is available on the tracker App and online. There is full transparency in terms of what is administered. In regard to delivery, I listened carefully to Deputy Kelly and others last week and I have instructed the Department to publish the deliveries on a weekly basis. That happened, first, while we were in the Chamber last week and it happened again yesterday. I have asked that it happen on a weekly basis so that, too, is happening. With regard to the forecasts, it is not as simple. We are all acutely aware of the anxiety that is being caused by these movements in supply forecasts. Deputy Cullinane referenced it earlier. These forecasts are changing, sometimes several times a week, and this is causing huge anxiety for people throughout the country.

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