Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 March 2021
245. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if unused allocations of a vaccine (details supplied) in other EU countries will be redistributed throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/21]
View answerIreland is participating in a Procurement Exercise being operated by the European Commission on behalf of Member States to procure suitable, safe and effective vaccines, in sufficient quantities, to combat COVID-19.
Six APAs have been negotiated by the Commission under this process to date. Ireland has opted-in to five APAs to secure vaccine supplies: BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen/J&J and CureVac.
Under each APA, vaccine doses are allocated pro rata based on participating Member States’ populations and are subsequently purchased by those individual Member States.
