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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the initiative has been taken to increase the level of the HPV vaccine take up among older teenagers that did not or could not avail of the school based immunisation programme when in first year in school; if consideration has been given to a free or low cost vaccination drive to encourage girls that would have been due to have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 599. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been costings prepared in relation to the possibility of a vaccination programme for the cohort of school going of girls who missed their HPV school based vaccination appointment during the previous years of the programme, given that the cost of having the vaccine administered from the person’s doctor can be a deterrent to be vaccinated,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of new vaccines in Ireland and to keep abreast of changes in the patterns of disease. Therefore, the immunisation schedule will continue to be amended over time. In 2009, the NIAC recommended HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination for all 12 to 13 year old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer when they are adults. In September 2010, the HPV vaccination programme was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the regional take up of the HPV vaccination programme for each year since it first rolled out for schoolgoing girls and later boys by percentage and numbers. [55865/21]