Ms Anna Cannon:

Obviously, there is no one here who argues the benefits of a safe, well proven lifelong cancer vaccine. I just want to say that.

In relation to the two- and three-dose schedule, we have many girls who reacted particularly badly after the third dose of the vaccine. They got three vaccine doses within the space of six months. Now they have changed the vaccine schedule to two doses six months apart. I question that. I have a child who reacted particularly badly after the third dose. I ask the witnesses for their justification of the change to the dosing schedule.

Senator Healy Eames asked a direct question of Dr. Kelleher. She asked why parents are not given the patient information leaflet, PIL, when they sign the consent form and what the cover-up was. The HSE brochure that parents are given before they sign the consent form states:

There may be some mild side effects, including:- pain, redness or swelling in the arm where the vaccine was given

- headache

- dizziness

- nausea

and/or

- a mild fever.These can be treated with paracetamol or ibuprofen.

I would like an answer to that question. Why are those providing the vaccine withholding the PIL for parents when they are signing such an important medical decision for their daughters, and how are we supposed to connect all our daughters' symptoms to the PIL when we are not given it in the first place? That was the question the Senator asked earlier.