Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned children going to school unvaccinated, but what about an unvaccinated child going into a hospital? In Crumlin hospital there are kids going around wearing masks.

There seems to be a level of unawareness of how serious measles can be.

There was an outbreak of mumps in some of our universities recently. The Minister briefly mentioned the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill and it is important to point out that there is a knock-on effect on the fertility for young men affected by mumps in university. People may avoid being fertile in college to some extent but, in the future, they may look to have children when they settle down. There has to be pushback for the patient or child who was not vaccinated to gain knowledge of the effects that can have on one's life in the future. Are there plans to make young men realise that, if they were not vaccinated as a child, there could be a serious problem in their future, which could have massive knock-on effects on their lives and hopes?