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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I know we must take the numbers given with caveats but I am asking how many vaccines we are expecting for the months of April, May and June, and how many inoculations are expected to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: What about May?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: What about June?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Does that put us on course to meet the target of all adults having received at least the first dose by the end of June?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: The Government is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Can I ask if that is a Government target or a HSE target? We hear all the time about this target of all adults receiving their first dose at least by the end of June. Is that a Government target, a HSE target or both?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I have one more question. It concerns pregnant women, which is an issue that arises regularly. There are pregnant women who would argue that if there is any potential complication in the pregnancy, they should be vaccinated. Is that something that is being looked at? Second, senior trade union representatives have been in contact with me in relation to prison officers who are escorting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I also asked about the weekly versus the biweekly reporting. Dr. Henry might answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: So, updates will still be given on a weekly basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: May I raise an issue, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise the issue of the decision of the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, yesterday regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine. Obviously, this is a matter for NIAC in terms of the public health measure and putting safety first. I have no problem with that. It is more the implications of the decision. We need to hear from the HSE and NIAC next week that they have a plan to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Dr. Glynn and commend him and his team on the work they continue to do. I wish them well in the time ahead. It is difficult for everybody and Dr. Glynn acknowledged in his opening statement the difficulties posed for the general population. He also acknowledged, which is significant and important, that we have more reasons to be hopeful now than at any time during the pandemic....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I was asking whether there was the possibility of a further easing of restrictions within that six-week period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I refer to the broad parameters Dr. Glynn spoke about. I know he does not want to go into specifics but the obvious areas would be outdoor activities and sport, and outdoor dining and hospitality were mentioned as well. Can he give us some indication, in general terms, of what areas we can expect to see some movement on in that six-week period, before I move on to what happens after that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: That is very helpful. However, if we take outdoor dining and outdoor events, certainly from a business perspective, as one of the options, then there must be a lead-in time. There must be some heads-up given to those businesses so they can prepare. I know Dr. Glynn will accept that, if it can be factored in. If I can I want to expand on the matter of any modelling NPHET may have done on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: My point is that for us to be hopeful, and for people listening - Dr. Glynn acknowledged the frustration - what are the milestones or staging posts that must be reached? Before Professor Nolan comes in I wish to bring up an additional point Dr. Glynn made in his letter to the Minister. He said that: "Vaccination will significantly and quickly reduce risk over a short period of time from May...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Sorry to interrupt but I need to know if NPHET or Professor Nolan has done modelling for various stages in the vaccination programme and linked that to easing restrictions. Has NPHET, for example, looked at what is possible if we get 50% of the adult population vaccinated, if we get the medically vulnerable and all those over 55 vaccinated and so on? Is such modelling done and is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sorry to interrupt but time is short. I am not specifically talking about percentages of the population vaccinated. I am talking about whether it is by age cohort or by people with underlying conditions. Are there benchmarks, targets or staging posts that NPHET believes will leave us in a better position if we reach them? Dr. Glynn was talking about the possibility of easing more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I have that and thank Professor Nolan. I have one last question-----