Issued by the Government Press Office
30 November 2020
The High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination held its second full meeting today, Monday 30th November 2020, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith.
Further expertise has been added to the Task Force, which now includes senior representatives from across the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive, the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Office of Government Procurement, IDA Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of the Taoiseach, as well as expertise in the areas of public health, supply chain logistics, cold chain logistics, and programme management.
The participants in today’s meeting of the Task Force noted the progress made with the programme of work, which fully integrates the work ongoing across the HSE and Department of Health.
The Task Force is on track to deliver the national COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy and Implementation Plan to Government by the 11th December 2020 for Government’s consideration thereafter.
The importance of widely communicating the progress in respect of the vaccine approval process and the details of the Vaccination Programme was emphasised by the Task Force and this element of the Strategy will be delivered through and by the relevant Departments, Agencies, officials and clinicians as part of that plan.
Ends
Table of members
Members
Prof. Brian MacCraith Chair of the High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination
Elizabeth Canavan Chair, Senior Officials Group on COVID-19
Dr. Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Fergal Goodman Assistant Sec, Department of Health
Paul Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Health Service Executive
Dr. Colm Henry Chief Clinical Officer, Health Service Executive
Barry Lowry Chief Information Officer, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Paul Quinn Government CPO and CEO, Office of Government Procurement
Martin Shanahan Chief Executive Officer, IDA Ireland
Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary, Innovation and Investment Division, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Dalton Philips Chief Executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA)
Dr. Lorraine Nolan Chief Executive, Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
Rachel Kenna Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health
Derek McCormack
Expert on Cold Chain Logistics
In attendance
Dr. Lorraine Doherty National Clinical Director Health Protection, Health Service Executive HPSC
Sean Bresnan National Director of Procurement at Health Service Executive
Gerry O’Brien Acting Director, Health Protection Division, Department of Health
Deirdre Watters Head of Communications, Department of Health
Kate Waterhouse Secretariat, High Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination
Dr. Ronan Glynn Deputy Chief Medical Officer