Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Department of Health
Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a vaccine damage compensation scheme for those persons who suffered an intellectual disability as a result of receiving the whooping cough vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8440/16]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Vaccine Damage Steering Group was established in 2007. The report from this Group was published on my Department's website in June 2009. There are no plans to introduce a vaccine damage compensation scheme at this time.
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