Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Discussion

11:15 am

Ms Anna Cannon:

Okay. I apologise. What is written in the information leaflet is that one in four in Ireland are illiterate and, on that basis, that decision is taken but it is an incorrect figure. That has been acknowledged by Dr. Corcoran. It is one in six that are illiterate. That type of information is quite important.