Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020
714. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered public health readiness to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine inoculation programme; the quantity of syringes the HSE has secured in advance of such a programme given that individual vaccine shots may have to be drawn from a liquid vial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/20]
View answerThe Government is committed to the timely implementation of a COVID-19 immunisation programme, as soon as one or more vaccines in the EU portfolio are approved for use. In this regard, a cross-Government High-Level Taskforce has been established to support and oversee the development and implementation of the programme.
Logistics arrangements are amongst the range of matters which are being addressed in the context of the work of the Taskforce and the State agencies and other stakeholders with which it works.
