Vaccination Programme

1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the severe cost barrier that currently exists, with Irish citizens forced to pay privately up to €500 for a two-dose shingles vaccine that is offered free of charge in numerous EU member states including the Netherlands, Germany, and France, as well as in the United Kingdom under the NHS. [23308/25]

1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to ask whether the Department has conducted or reviewed any health economic modelling on the long-term costs to the State in terms of hospitalisations, nerve damage, and complications from postherpetic neuralgia that arise due to lack of shingles vaccination access. [23309/25]

1019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the exclusion of the shingles vaccine from the national immunisation schedule represents a broader systemic failure of the Irish health service to provide preventative care on par with our European counterparts. [23310/25]

1020. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific steps she intends to take to address disparity as regards the shingle vaccine, including timelines for review by NIAC and whether she will commit to full public funding of the shingles vaccine for all persons over 50 or those clinically indicated. [23311/25]

1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she believes it is acceptable in 2025 in a developed EU member state that access to vital vaccines is determined not by public health need but by an individual’s ability to pay, despite the known physical, psychological, and financial toll shingles can take on older citizens and vulnerable groups. [23312/25]

1136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has undertaken through the Laura Brennan HPV Catch Up Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24075/25]

521. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the reason the herpes zoster vaccine (shingles vaccine) is not available to those individuals with a medical card or old age pensioners; if she has any plans to change this over the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22526/25]

543. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme for students who missed out on the school vaccination programme. [22639/25]

2037. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if pharmacies or GPs can receive smaller batches of vaccines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18868/25]

2066. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 3 April 2025, if HIQA will assess the impact of providing shingles vaccination for adults aged 65 years and older, as is done by the NHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19072/25]

2070. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the national immunisation programme, as is commonplace in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19123/25]

2082. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]

2143. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health what financial supports are available to those who are immuno-compromised to get the shingles vaccine, as advised by their medical team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19490/25]

2317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the HPV vaccine is not offered for free outside the HSE School Vaccination Programme and the Laura Brennan HPV Catch-up Vaccination Programme for under-21s; her plans to expand acces…

932. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced influenza vaccines for older persons for the 2025-2026 winter season. [16874/25]

339. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the HPV vaccination catch-up programme to include additional year groups under the age of 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16262/25]

264. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced inactivated influenza vaccines for older people for the winter season 2025-2026 as the HSE have now withdrawn from the tendering process for enhanced vaccine for this period; whether the HSE will reopen discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14557/25]

1758. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if there has been a decrease in the take-up of the HPV vaccine nationwide; if this is a matter of concern for her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11915/25]

1759. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the CHO with the lowest take-up of the HPV vaccine; if steps are being taken to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11916/25]

1760. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the progress made with respect to implementing the Programme for Government commitment to extend the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme to anyone under 25 who missed it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11917/25]

424. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the Novavax vaccine will be made available in Ireland as an alternative to mRNA vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8957/25]

345. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the National Immunisation Programme to people aged 70 years and over and to those who are immunocompromised over 50 years as has been done in other states in the EU, the UK, Australia and New Zealand; if other supports are available to cut the cost of vaccination (details supplied). …

743. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; the strategy and key performance indicators for the programme; if a review will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5833/25]

744. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who received a HPV vaccination as part of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; and the total cost per vaccine administered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5834/25]

745. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommendation that HPV vaccination should be offered to unvaccinated women who require excisional treatment for CIN 2+ lesions; if there are plans to provide vaccination to this group free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5835/25]