Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2456. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme will include non-financial supports, including medical cards, counselling, vocational rehabilitation, and independent case-management for successful applicants and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46188/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2457. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which GPs and vaccinators will be informed about the new scheme; the patient-facing information materials to be provided at the point of vaccination; and the process for informed consent updates once the scheme commences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2459. To ask the Minister for Health the data-sharing arrangements between the scheme administrator, the HPRA, the HSE, and the Department for actuarial forecasting and safety signal detection; to confirm compliance with GDPR and patient confidentiality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46191/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2460. To ask the Minister for Health to publish an initial actuarial and sensitivity analysis for the scheme, using international experience on applications per million doses, success rates, average award and administration costs to include a worked example using the US figure of approximately one compensated case per million doses distributed over 2006-2023 as a comparator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46192/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2461. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme will include a fast-track process for clearly table-listed injuries, target decision times for those cases, and performance metrics to be reported quarterly to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46193/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2466. To ask the Minister for Health to publish scheme governance documents, including conflict-of-interest policies, panel selection criteria for medical assessors, and external audit arrangements; the way patient representatives will be included in oversight; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46198/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 2456, 2457, 2459, 2460, 2461 and 2466 together.

As the Deputy may be aware significant work has been completed by my department to develop a model for a vaccine damage scheme. It is my intention to bring the model to Cabinet for discussion and consideration in due course. Until the model has been considered and approved by Government, it is not possible to provide any further information in relation to the scheme's implementation.