Dr. Colm Henry:

With the HPV vaccine we had seen great progress from initial low uptake. The pandemic affected many of our established vaccination programmes. I am happy to come back to the committee with a report on the current uptake and our plans to improve uptake further. Improvement was due largely to the work of advocates such as the late Ms Laura Brennan and others who worked tirelessly and selflessly to try to promote a vaccine that saves lives. We have extended the programme, as the Senator knows, not just to teenage girls but teenage boys as well. I do not recall seeing the mentioned letter coming to the national immunisation office regarding the pricing. I will check that and revert to the Senator.