The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has told the Dáil that there will be "step change" in the vaccine rollout from April onwards.
He told Sinn Féin's Health Spokesperson David Cullinane that Ireland remains on track to have received 1.1 million vaccine doses by the end of this month, which would also mark the end of the first quarter.
He cautioned, however, that this was assuming deliveries arrive on time. Ireland is expecting in excess of 1 million vaccine doses per month for April, May and June.
However, the Co-leader of the Social Democrats pointed out that 680,000 vaccines were provided in the first three weeks of the month of March.