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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 336. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans within his Department for an expansion of the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme; and if so, to provide details of when this service will be available. [7223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines work by preventing infections prior to exposure to the HPV virus. Thus, the vaccines are more effective at a younger age prior to exposure to the HPV virus. The HSE offers a single dose of HPV vaccine to all first-year boys and girls in secondary school as part of the routine HPV vaccination programme. A vaccine uptake of 90% in girls by the age of 15...

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