Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion

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

No, I am at 2 minutes 52 seconds. The Minister recently mentioned a flag system for news and I welcome that. I discussed this before at a Facebook event. I am not sure how we would do it in terms of the Internet but I like where the Minister is going with it. It is very important. As we saw with the HPV vaccine, it is really hard to roll back. The lie has got around the world before the truth puts its boots on. One has to stand for something or one will fall for anything. That is why I feel so strongly about this. On the HPV vaccine for the boys, I congratulate everyone involved in the roll-out. In light of its success, have we plans to vaccinate the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth-year pupils? There seems to be such an appetite to do it. I know it is another bill and the Minister is probably always presenting bills but the money will be saved in the long run. I am sure there is a sum there for the cost of fixing the decline in HPV vaccination in terms of cost of life but also cost to population health.

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