Updated: 10 Jan 2021, 9:49 AN IRISH consultant has raised concerns about Ireland’s ability to keep track of its vaccination programme saying the country has a bad history with public health systems. Ireland’s vaccination bid was given a major boost on Friday as the European Commission sealed a deal to bag us 3.3million more doses of Pfizer’s jab. 4 4 Paddy Mallon is Professor of Microbial Diseases in the UCD School of Medicine Later that day, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced a major acceleration of Ireland’s vaccination campaign. The move will see more nursing homes residents and staff vaccinated over the next two weeks than had initially been planned.