The Chief Executive of Oxfam has said Ireland and the European Commission, are acting as "blockers" to poorer countries getting Covid-19 vaccines.
The charity has highlighted vaccine inequity; its data shows countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have only received enough doses to vaccinate one in eight people.
The World Health Organization figures show a similar picture; it said only 7.2% of the population of Africa are fully vaccinated.
To bring the comparison a little closer to home; the Democratic Republic of Congo has received enough doses to vaccinate just 1% of the country's population; last week, the HSE said 93.5% of adults in Ireland are fully vaccinated while almost one million booster vaccinations have been administered here.