James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

What about the legal risk of doing nothing? The Government sought advice from HIQA and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, which approved the vaccine as cost-effective and worthwhile to implement. The option of doing nothing is not tenable. The greatest negligence occurs when one knows the danger and fails to provide protection against it, for example, with regard to the Army deafness cases which have cost this country millions.

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