Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for their contributions. I wish address some of the points raised by Ms Hogan and Ms Byrne, especially those Ms Byrne made about the information leaflets. I am concerned and I am keen to hear from the Department of Health. Ms Byrne used rather inflammatory language in her description of the information. Much has been said about trust. Politicians may not often garner much trust but Deputy Byrne captured rather well the point that the medics capture a good deal of trust. We need to be clear that mixed messages do not come out of this committee meeting. I have great confidence in the Department of Health and the information it publishes. I am keen to hear a rebuttal from the Department of Health of the allegations made about the information that has been distributed to people. As someone who campaigned for a cervical cancer vaccination in a former life, before I entered here, I believe it should be rebutted strongly because this is a breakthrough for young women. As a young woman and as the mother of a young girl, I believe it is integral that we rebut such inflammatory language which has been used here to refer to the promotional material.