Press release
High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination holds second full meeting
From Department of the Taoiseach
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From Department of the Taoiseach
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The High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination held its second full meeting today, Monday 30 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 11 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.
| 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 | |
| Derek Tierney | High Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Director | |
| 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 |