Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who had an appointment for vaccination at the Aviva Stadium, Citywest Convention Centre, Helix Theatre, and Technological University Dublin campus, respectively, on 24 March; the number of persons who did not attend the appointment at each of these centres on that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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1577. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered sharing more information on the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccines with the general public such as the progress being made through the various priority groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18322/21]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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1579. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered sharing an approximate timeline of when each cohort can expect to receive a Covid-19 vaccine given that supply is set to ramp up considerably in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18324/21]

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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1654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered increasing public information on the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18576/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1577, 1579 and 1654 together.

Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccine as quickly as is operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19.

The programme is based on the principles of safety, effectiveness and fairness, with the objective of reducing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 infection.

The HSE is continuing to undertake significant work in scaling-up the Vaccination Programme. The online registration system for vaccinations for those aged 65-69 opened on Thursday 15 April.

Further information on vaccines administered is published on the Government of Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, and the HSE’s vaccination programme dashboard. This includes the number of doses administered by cohort, vaccine and a breakdown of the numbers of dose 1 and dose 2 administered.

The Government’s dedicated COVID-19 webpage gov.ie/covid19vaccine is continuously updated providing details on frequently asked questions regarding vaccines, delivery updates and information on the Vaccine Allocation Strategy.

Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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1578. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered updating the Covid-19 tracker application vaccine information to contain both the cumulative number of vaccines administered and the daily total, the daily total per cohort and the daily total per vaccine type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18323/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the continuous improvement of the COVID Tracker App a number of enhancements have been made since its introduction. Vaccination data is available on the Covid Tracker App since 10th February 2021 and includes the cumulative numbers of first and second dose vaccinations.

The HSE have advised my Department that they are considering the inclusion of further details in the next release of the Covid Tracker, in line with the vaccination data being made available on Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub.