Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
975. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the IT system used to record vaccines administered was upgraded, as expected, in January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13482/21]
View answerThe national Covid vaccination systems deployed in response to the pandemic, was upgraded in January and indeed continues to be developed and refined in response to the emerging needs of the Covid vaccination programme. Decisions regarding the definition of which cohorts/ groups of people will receive which vaccine, and in what type of location eg hospital, GP surgery, mass vaccination clinic, among others, can have significant impacts on the configuration of the system. A dedicated team with technical expertise within the HSE are engaged in this work with technical partners IBM and Salesforce.
