Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-25
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

To clarify, we will receive 1 million doses per month. Over the second quarter it would be approximately 3 million doses rather than 1 million, which is very positive.
The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes" and it is exactly the question I have been putting to the HSE repeatedly. We are expecting a very high volume of vaccines to come in in the next number of days. We are not looking at an incremental increase in April; we are looking at a step-change in the number of people being vaccinated. As recently as yesterday I met with HSE management and we again went through this. I asked whether we are ready for a step-change in April to increase the GP clinics and vaccination centres significantly and the answer was "Yes". I fully expect that, come the first week of April, we will see the kind of increase we all want.
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Sitting date: 2021-03-25