Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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395. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 8th April 2025, her views on the United Kingdom’s decision to begin a targeted gonorrhoea vaccine programme (details supplied); if this vaccine will be reviewed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee with a view to making a recommendation to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28070/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The National Immunisation Programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. NIAC make recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department.

NIAC revise recommendations on an ongoing basis to allow for the introduction of new vaccines in Ireland, to incorporate findings from horizon scanning and to keep abreast of changes in the patterns of disease. In addition, I can advise that NIAC continuously monitor global developments in the field of immunisation. The immunisation schedule, therefore, continues to be amended over time based on emerging evidence.