Taoiseach Micheál Martin will join other European Union leaders on a video conference this afternoon as part of an ongoing move to coordinate Europe's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccine roll-out.
They are expected to focus on delays to the rollout and the need to increase production of key vaccines within Europe. The leaders will also discuss the potential for vaccine certificates that might be recognised at EU level.
Vaccine administration is still hampered by delays at national level, new variants are taking root in member states, and in some countries there is growing resistance to the AstraZeneca vaccine, certainly among the over 65s.