Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 40157-26

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts her Department or the HSE have made to secure supplies of a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied - Novavax (Nuvaxovid) Steps including direct engagement with the manufacturer, Novavax, and/or its commercial partner Sanofi. Interim mechanisms (for example, limited or named patient supply, or private market availability under appropriate regulation) to provide access to Nuvaxovid); the specific steps taken since 2023 to obtain supplies; if any formal requests for the allocation of doses have been submitted through EU or national procurement channels; if interim mechanisms have been explored; and if she will make a statement on the matter.