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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Vaccination Programme (17 Jul 2014)

Michael D'Arcy: ...guarantee on the basis that the vaccine was administered off-licence, even though it was administered off-licence at a time when concerns were growing in the Scandinavian countries in regard to the risk of narcolepsy and vaccination.  A number of questions need to be addressed, the most crucial of which is why so much vaccine was used.  No other country went down the route of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Vaccination Programme (17 Jul 2014)

Michael D'Arcy: ...Minister the best of luck in his new portfolio, as he has a substantial job to do in that Department. I wish the raise the issue of those people, particularly children, who have been affected by narcolepsy following the State ‘flu vaccination. A link has been associated with the Pandemrix swine ‘flu vaccination and the condition. I am disappointed with the speed in which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Vaccination Programme (17 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...health service is to maximise the health of the population and to allow people to participate as fully as possible in the social and economic life of the community. First, I acknowledge the impact narcolepsy has both physically and emotionally on the lives of those affected and on their families. Sufferers can experience excessive daytime sleepiness, sudden and temporary loss of muscle...