Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the Health Information and Quality Authority's approval of the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17417/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has undertaken a scientific assessment of the public health value of HPV following a request from my Department. NIAC and the National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) agreed that this work needed to be complemented by a study of the cost effectiveness of the vaccine in the current Irish context. Accordingly, both organisations requested the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a study into the cost effectiveness of HPV.

I understand that HIQA has completed the study and that it is currently being considered by NCSS. When I receive the advice of the NCSS in the matter, the necessary decisions that arise from the advice will be made.