Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will immunise all school children for Hepatitis C in view of the high incidence of this disease among children from Eastern Europe and Africa attending schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28291/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Ireland's recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. These guidelines are prepared with the assistance of an active committee from associated disciplines in paediatrics, infectious diseases, general practice and public health. Vaccines are continually evolving and guidelines change given the nature of these developments.

At present there is no vaccine available for hepatitis C.