Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
2659. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated supply forecast for the number of vaccine doses expected to be received into Ireland for the remainder of 2021, in tabular form. [38671/21]
View answerIreland's COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccines as quickly as operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable. Ireland received approximately 5.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the first six months of 2021.
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 ongoing, 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.
