Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was spent on the advertisement of the cervical cancer vaccination programme; the number of civil servants who worked on the creation and formulation of the cervical vaccination programme during 2008; the grades of these civil servants; her views on whether the cervical vaccination programme would have saved lives in the future; and if she will provide an "I agree" or an "I disagree" answer to the fourth section of this question. [41807/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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As I have already indicated, I accept fully the expert advice provided to me in support of the introduction of such a programme. However, I also have a responsibility as Minister to consider this and many other competing priorities within the overall resources available to the health services. Some initial planning and preparatory work on the introduction of such a programme was carried out this year by the Health Service Executive and was considered by my officials but the Government spent no money on the advertisement of the proposed programme.