A number of my constituents who registered for the Covid-19 vaccine and entered their Eircode postcode received a text telling them that they will be getting the vaccine on a particular date and at a particular time but they will have to travel 60 km to 100 km from their home to a vaccination centre in either County Meath or County Dublin and not in County Cavan, where they live. Not only do they have to travel, but people from the same household are being given appointments several hours apart. Why, if the HSE is asking for an postcode, are people from the same household not being given appointments close together? Why are people being asked travel long distances? Some do not have their own transport or access to public transport.

That is a matter for the HSE. I do not know whether Deputy Tully has discussed it with the executive or referred it on but that is an operational issue on the ground. We do not want people travelling such long distances. Generally, that is not the policy.