I call Deputy Berry.

Community pharmacies are now actively involved in the vaccination programme. It is great to have them on board. The House appreciates that community pharmacies have significant latitude and autonomy in terms of whom they vaccinate first. That is entirely as it should be. Has any consideration been given to asking community pharmacies to prioritise indoor hospitality workers, particularly in the light of what is coming down the tracks in the next week to ten days? We are not looking for a rigid set of rules or anything like that, just some general guidance on how they can exercise their flexibility and discretion appropriately. The matter is worth considering and I would be grateful for the Taoiseach's thoughts on it.

I appreciate the motivation and intention of the Deputy in this regard. Generally speaking, the response has been very positive in respect of applications for the Janssen vaccines at community pharmacies. That is the feedback we are receiving. There has always been a difficulty in endeavouring to differentiate between one sector or group and another. The key issue here is that the roll-out of the vaccination programme in community pharmacies is going very well. Within that framework, it should be possible to cover a lot of people working in the sector to which the Deputy referred.