Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

My final question concerns the roll-out of the HPV vaccine to boys. Will there be provision for parents of boys who will not be included in this year's vaccine programme? Will these parents be able to have their sons included in the programme? This also applies to girls whose parents may have had concerns 12 months ago but no longer have them and are anxious that their daughters be vaccinated. Is there a way for those parents to have their children vaccinated or will it be confined to a particular age group?