Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I sincerely wish them the best. The HSE has done a good job. It has faced very difficult challenges with the criteria changing all the time.

I acknowledge that. Of my three questions, the Taoiseach answered the one I asked about achieving 450,000 vaccinations a week. He said that figure is achievable and is being projected. He answered that question directly, which I respect.

Unless some miracle is going to happen, I do not understand how we will logistically manage the 50 to 59-year-olds with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without moving ahead and vaccinating the younger cohorts. The projections just do not work out that way, as Mark Coughlan pointed out on "Prime Time" last night. I had the same thoughts. In addition, some 220,000 60 to 69-year-olds have not registered. We must collectively have a plan.

Of the 247,000 people who have been infected, 100,000 are aged under 50. If we take out the small percentage of those who are immunocompromised, how are we to identify those who are to receive just one vaccine?

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