Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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2393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission and pharmaceutical executives on Covid-19 vaccine supplies. [20484/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland continues to participate in an EU Procurement process with a view to accessing a portfolio of candidate vaccines against COVID-19 which are being negotiated with vaccine manufacturers by the Commission acting on behalf of Member States. Officials from the Department of Health are represented on the EU Steering Board which discusses and reviews all aspects of vaccine procurement.

Ireland supports efforts made by the Commission to safeguard the production and delivery of doses of vaccine in the quantities agreed with vaccine suppliers. There is ongoing engagement with vaccine manufacturers under the auspices of the Steering Board.