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Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: ...who are between 66 and 70 years' old and who are above the medical card threshold find that it is the luck of the draw as to whether their doctor charges them. Some are deterred from getting the flu vaccine because their doctors sometimes charge them the full amount. Surely the Minister accepts that it would actually be cost-effective to ensure that the group in question can have the flu...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question concerns the free flu vaccine which has already been offered to those in the poultry sector. This was an initiative launched by the Tánaiste before Christmas. What level of proactivity was employed by the Department in promoting its uptake by those who are involved in the poultry sector and their families, as well as by those numerous categories of people who were listed in...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of introducing a free flu vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8608/06]

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: .... Clearly, our aim is to have a 70% uptake among the at-risk group by 2010, which has great benefits. Members are all aware, from their experiences with elderly people, that those who receive the flu vaccine are less likely to encounter winter complications. It is highly successful.