Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance requiring urgent attention, namely, the need to introduce routine immunisation of babies against pneumococal meningitis as this tragic disease has a high rate of fatality — approximately 20% — and is associated with a higher risk of permanent neurological damage, such as deafness and epilepsy.

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