Several Fianna Fail TDs have strongly criticised the pace of the country's vaccination programme
A number of deputies shared their anger at last night's parliamentary party meeting as many over 85s still don't know when they'll get their injection.
Dara Calleary said he had little faith in the HSE to deliver given some experiences, while Joe Flaherty said many older people have been left broken hearted.
It comes as the health service failed to hit the government's target of administering 100,000 doses last week, with supply issues blamed.
But professor of virology at UCD, Gerald Barry, says Ireland's doing well compared to other EU nations:
"When you compared to countries like the UK, it appears that we're moving relatively slowly, but in comparison to other countries in Europe I think we're doing quite well. I think we're vaccinating as many people as we get vaccines delivered to the country and that's all really we can do for now. There's no doubt the vaccine is going to have a dramatic impact on this whole situation."
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