Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-11
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

On the first question from Deputy Kelly, I will be led by the clinical advice on that issue but I am certainly very open to doing just what the Deputy has suggested. The transport of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be done in a very precise way. It is not possible, for example, to have a GP put those vaccines in the back of his or her car and drive around the hills of Tipperary or Wicklow. It may be the case, therefore, and we will be led by the clinicians on this issue, that in some isolated circumstances the AstraZeneca vaccine is the right one to use. As we know, it has been cleared as safe and effective for all age groups.
Will Deputy Kelly remind me of his second question, please?

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Sitting date: 2021-02-11