Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Kevin Kelleher was here a number of weeks ago. In the HSE literature, there was a reference to care pathways for patients with symptoms. He said that care pathway was not specifically for girls who have identified symptoms post-vaccine. It was for the general population who may have symptoms. It appears to me that if we want to increase the vaccination rate, we really need to approach the cohort of girls who feel they have been affected. They should be examined medically. That is the only way to distinguish between background symptoms that occur naturally and an increase in incidence occurring after vaccination. Until something like that is done, the negative attitude to the vaccine will continue. Pretending, or rather proposing that there is no association is not going to increase vaccination rates. It has to be proven that there is no association.

That is something the Department should take on board.