Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is disappointed "with some of the issues" with vaccine supply in the first three months of this year.
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Minister Donohoe said he believes that "our ability to get more vaccines for our country is best realised inside the Europe framework". He said the Government will do all it can to increase the country's share of vaccine supply, and this will be discussed at tomorrow's meeting of the Vaccine Oversight Committee which will review where we are and what we can do to get more.
Mr Harris said, however, he believes it remains on track to meet key targets, one of them being that 82% of adults will have had a first dose by June. He also said he thinks this week could be a "good week" with a fourth potential vaccine coming on stream. By Saturday, 97,672 first doses were given to people in Category 3, mostly those aged 85 years or older.Meanwhile, the Cabinet has agreed to provide an indemnity for hotels that will be used for mandatory quarantining.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Professor Martin Cormican said there is "a compromise between being fast and being perfect" and the HSE is not going to wait to have "a perfect list" before it starts this group.
'Disappointed'! He and the Irish public should be furious!
Benefits of EU membership, I regret voting for Brexit now and having my whole family vaccinated.
Ahh, the benefits of being in the EU.