David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2154. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of each of the mass vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2155. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing composition for each of the mass vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19991/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2156. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred for each mass vaccination centre to date by spend type; the spend on private contractors by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19992/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2157. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects each of the mass vaccination centres to be fully operational, staffed and operating at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19993/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2158. To ask the Minister for Health the target of vaccine delivery in estimated numbers of doses per week for each of the mass vaccination centres for each month in April, May and June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2159. To ask the Minister for Health when the vaccination appointment portal will be available to the wider population for age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19995/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2160. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects mass vaccination centres to begin vaccinating age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19996/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2161. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the medical conditions cohorts phase of the vaccine roll-out to be largely complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19997/21]

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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2162. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated population size of each of the vaccine cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19998/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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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.

To date over 1,200,000 vaccine doses have been administered. Vaccination of cohort 1 and 2 are now substantially complete. Further information on vaccines administered to cohort groups is available on the HSE Integrated Information Service - vaccination programme dashboard at:

Vaccination of the over 70s in cohort 3 and those aged 16-69 and at very high risk of severe illness and death in cohort 4 is ongoing. Work is continuing on the stratification of subsequent groups and assessing the number of people encompassed by each group.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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2163. To ask the Minister for Health the cohorts which will be vaccinated in mass vaccination centres, general practitioner clinics or other pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19999/21]

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.