Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As to the Deputy's first point, we do have detailed numbers for every single day for each company. I will ask for a note to be provided but I just wanted to caveat it by saying the provision of that kind of information has caused real anxiety for the public. We obviously know what is expected to the day but these dates get moved around at very short notice.

With regard to the number of people we should be able to vaccinate, countries are saying different things. We will see what happens in Denmark, in Ireland and everywhere else. The date we have been looking to is June. If the vaccines come in as agreed, it will be possible to offer either one dose or both doses of a vaccine to four in every five adults in the country, whether under the age of 50 or over the age of 50, by the end of June. That is a very positive message. As we move into April, June is not so far away.

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