David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 19 April 2005, her views on whether to conduct an investigation into vaccine trials carried out on children in State care; the methods of compensation for the adults involved in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26248/09]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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On 28th November 2006, the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, announced that there would be no further examination of the question of vaccine trials in institutional settings. The trials were the subject of a report by the Chief Medical Officer which was laid before the Oireachtas in November 2000. The decision followed a detailed examination of judgements in court cases related to the vaccine trials heard in both the High Court and the Supreme Court.