James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of the cervical cancer vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26783/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I have received reports and recommendations from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC), the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and the National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) on the public health value and cost effectiveness of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine.

I will consider all of the advice now available to me to ensure that a policy decision is taken which is coherent as between the introduction of HPV vaccine and the planned national roll out of the cervical screening service, which reflects a fully integrated approach to this problem and which is based on the best national and international evidence available to us. I intend to make this decision shortly.