The EU Commission said legal action has not been commenced against the AstraZeneca company, even though Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Dáil this afternoon that a "legal case has been initiated".
In a statement, the Commission spokesperson for health, Stefan de Keersmaecker, told RTÉ News: "A decision to launch legal actions against the company has not been taken at this point in time." Earlier, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the Dáil that a legal case "has been initiated" by the EU Commission against AstraZeneca regarding the company's failure to meet its contractual agreements on Covid-19 vaccines.