Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The main business of the meeting is dealing with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2016, chapter 19 - management and oversight of grants to health agencies. As we have representatives of HSE before the committee, I want to take one minute to make a public health announcement. I absented myself from the meeting for ten minutes to have the flu jab in Leinster House. The service is being provided by a company down the road. Practitioners from a doctor's practice come to Leinster House and make the flu vaccine available at a cost of €18 lest anyone thinks we can receive it without having to pay for it. In the context of the management of health services I encourage people to have the flu jab. Mr. O'Brien spoke about this matter yesterday on national radio and might reiterate what he said about the public health aspect. We will then move on straight away to our main business.