Questions

594. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget and respective amounts allocated to expanding/enhancing immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025; the plans to increase this figure in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49735/25]

595. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made by her Department or the HSE to halt expansion and/or enhancement of immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025; the reasons for such a decision; the plans to expand or enhance immunisation programmes in 2026; if a related budgetary increase is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49736/25]

683. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to fund vaccinations for persons with a condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50377/25]

1322. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current uptake rates on the HPV vaccine programme, by county and or region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48899/25]

2352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current pathway by which a person in Ireland who suffers a serious adverse reaction following vaccination may obtain compensation, including whether any ex-gratia or statutory routes exists; the number of cases compensated by the State since 2000; the total amounts paid, itemised by year and vaccine, if available; and if she will make a statement o…

2353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the target go-live date; the proposed administrator; whether the scheme will be statutory or administrative; whether it will be retrospective to vaccinations administered since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45667/25]

2354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proposed standard of proof for eligibility under any State vaccine injury compensation scheme; whether determinations will operate on the balance of probabilities; whether presumptive conditions will be listed on a “vaccine injury table” with defined time-to-onset criteria, as used in comparable international schemes; and if she will make a statement on the m…

2355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will publish draft heads of bill or scheme rules for public consultation before commencement of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the planned appeals mechanism; whether appeals will lie to an independent tribunal; the expected average decision time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45669/25]

2356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether legal costs in any State vaccine injury compensation scheme will be borne by the scheme for unsuccessful as well as successful applicants subject to basic merit thresholds, in line with international comparators; the projected annual budget impact and contingency provision for the first five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45670/25…

2357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of suspected adverse reaction reports for vaccines received by HPRA in each year from 2019 to 2025, disaggregated by vaccine, seriousness, age band and outcome; and to confirm the number of these cases that proceeded to any form of compensation or settlement. [45671/25]

2358. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any planned State vaccine injury compensation scheme will cover non-COVID vaccines in the National Immunisation Programme; how childhood, HPV, influenza, and adult booster vaccines will be treated; whether coverage will extend to off-schedule but HSE-administered vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45672/25]

2359. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a State vaccine injury compensation scheme will include a tax-free lump-sum model, periodic payments, or both; the proposed award calibration for death, severe disability, loss of earnings, care, medical costs, and rehabilitation; whether indexation will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45673/25]

2360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an annual report on vaccine adverse events and compensation, integrating HPRA pharmacovigilance data with scheme outcomes; to include rates per million doses administered by vaccine and year; and to benchmark Ireland against the EU and the UK. [45674/25]

2399. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering including the shingles vaccine as part of the national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45832/25]

2455. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish an annual report on vaccine adverse events and compensation, integrating HPRA pharmacovigilance data with scheme outcomes; to include rates per million doses administered by vaccine and year; and to benchmark Ireland against the EU and the UK. [46187/25]

2458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the scheme will recognise injuries following mixed-brand or heterologous schedules where causation apportionment is complex; the approach to multi-dose temporal associations; if a proportional liability model will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46190/25]

2462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if adverse events following vaccination administered outside HSE settings but within the State, or administered abroad to Irish residents, will be eligible; the way in which domicile and jurisdiction will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46194/25]

2463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if deaths temporally associated with vaccination will be eligible where a coroner's verdict is inconclusive but medical evidence supports probability; the evidentiary threshold; the role of independent medical experts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46195/25]

2464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a legal analysis of the way in which the proposed scheme will interact with existing tort remedies; if acceptance of an award will bar subsequent civil action; if structured settlements will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46196/25]

2587. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the means by which baby and infant vaccination services are typically administered; if parents are required to be registered with a local GP in order for their children to receive a vaccination; the options that exist for parents where a GP service is inaccessible or unavailable for whatever reason; if she will provide a list of such options with respect to …

2608. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will provide State recognition of a valid medical exemption for an exemption against administration of any future vaccines for a person (details supplied). [46937/25]

2550. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the primary reasons that approximately 10% of children at 24 months of age have not received the MMR vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40808/25]

2880. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme to date; the targets set for the programme; and to provide an update on the plans for a programme extension review. [42563/25]

3231. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department has plans to reopen the Laura Brennan catch up HPV vaccine programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/25]

3258. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to putting in place a three year programme for shingles vaccination to be made available to people over 65 and/or immunocompromised people, given that the shingles vaccine is currently not available on a national immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44144/25]