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.