Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Parents have raised this issue with me. Their sons will not be included in this year's programme because they are a year or two older but they want them to be included and they want to know if they can avail of that service. Likewise, parents who had concerns 12 or 18 months ago and did not have their daughters vaccinated have approached me. These parents now want their daughters to have the vaccine. Can provision be made for children in this situation?