Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of Health and Children
Vaccination Programme
10:00 am
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cervical cancer vaccine will be made available to children older than 16 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29845/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The HPV vaccination programme will provide free HPV vaccine to first year girls in secondary school rather than to a specific age group. The programme will continue with the vaccine being offered to all girls in first year in secondary school each year. It is not proposed to extend the public vaccination programme beyond that.
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