Written answers

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Department of Health and Children

Vaccination Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to suspend the roll-out of the cervical cancer vaccination programme for 12 year old girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/09]

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the decision not to introduce a programme of vaccination against cervical cancer as agreed in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13080/09]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to suspend the roll-out of the cervical cancer vaccination programme for 12 year old girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13413/09]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 93 and 175 together.

All of the clinical advice available to me indicates that the national roll-out of a cervical screening programme should take precedence over the introduction of a HPV vaccination programme. The National Cervical Screening Programme, CervicalCheck, is being implemented at a full year cost of €42m. I am fully committed to keeping the introduction of a HPV vaccination programme under active review.

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