Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 June 2021
418. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason cohort seven persons have not all been vaccinated despite other cohorts and age groups having begun their vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26338/21]
View answer429. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons who are at high risk group 7 under the age of 50 years are being advised that they must wait to register for their online Covid-19 vaccination in line with age cohort groups; if these persons are scheduled to be vaccinated as part of groups 1-7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26365/21]
View answer430. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the way Covid-19 vaccines will be provided to persons aged 16 to 59 years who are at high risk group in cases in which their own general practitioner has opted out of providing vaccinations for this group; if impacted persons in this group will be contacted to have this information relayed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26366/21]
View answer434. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the process used to identify persons who are eligible for Covid-19 vaccination aged 16 to 69 years who are at very high risk in cohort 4 and not in regular contact with a hospital or a disability service; the number who have now been identified by general practitioners; the number of persons in this group who have now been invited by their general practitioner to receive a vaccination; the number who are still awaiting an invitation to receive a vaccine from their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26372/21]
View answer453. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason that vaccination figures for cohort 7 remain low; if general practitioners or hospitals are administering vaccines to cohort 7; if all general practitioners are taking part in this phase of the roll-out; the provisions that are being made for patients in the case in which their general practitioner has not opted in for this phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26530/21]
View answer460. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the delays experienced by persons in cohort 4 very high risk and cohort 7 high risk in accessing Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26565/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 418, 429, 430, 434, 453 and 460 together.
As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.
