Vaccination Programme

1182. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm that there are no plans to cancel the RSV immunisation programme for infants in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34952/26]

1196. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a State-issued medical exemption for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35045/26]

1200. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will include the Varicella-Zoster (shingles) inoculation jab on the drug payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35145/26]

503. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the shingles vaccine being made available for a cohort of immunocompromised individuals; to outline when a decision will be made on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33635/26]

523. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide the shingles vaccine for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33735/26]

833. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the shingles vaccine free of charge to the general public. [31814/26]

1244. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health is she will make the shingles vaccine available for free for persons with underlying health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30580/26]

135. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans for expanding the adult vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28498/26]

150. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current status of the rollout of the shingles vaccine for those aged 65 years and over. [28372/26]

2611. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she is considering a catch up programme for the meningitis vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23549/26]

2637. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her plans for the roll out of the Meningitis B vaccine to persons over 15 years-of-age. [23661/26]

2740. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health given the considerable cost of the shingles vaccine, if there are plans to make this vaccine available free of charge to those who need it, or to cover the cost of the vaccine through the medical card or long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23968/26]

2770. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans to assist the small number of people who may have had adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and whether there have been any discussions with vaccine manufacturers or indemnities provided in relation to adverse reactions from those vaccines. [24117/26]

2982. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce a free catch-up vaccine for children prior to 2016 who did not receive a vaccination for meningitis B given the recent outbreak in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25130/26]

2986. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether the recommendations of the 2009 Vaccine Damage Steering Group report have been implemented; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25189/26]

3005. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to take the necessary steps to ensure that the national immunisation programme, NIP, includes a vaccination for shingles, free-of-charge for citizens of the Republic of Ireland on their list, especially for those aged 65 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25287/26]

3025. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health when HIQA will complete their calculations based on the recent research regarding the shingrix vaccine which demonstrates enhanced benefits and costs saving to the State; the length of time it will take her Department and the HSE to make a decision on whether to offer a shingles vaccine to over 65s at enhanced risk once they receive this info…

3120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the unit within her Department that has responsibility for matters relating to the delivery of the children’s influenza vaccination programme in schools; to outline the governance and coordination arrangements in place between her Department and the HSE in respect of this programme; to provide details of any formal interdepartmental struc…

440. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on the roll out of the shingles vaccine in Ireland; If her Department plans to introduce the vaccine for those over 50 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23184/26]

455. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the recent outbreak of meningitis B in England, consideration is being given to a catch-up vaccine programme in Ireland for older children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23271/26]

456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she intends to roll out a catch-up programme for MenB vaccines in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23283/26]

334. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 5 February 2026, the way in which the HSE can also report that this vaccine did not meet its cost-effectiveness criteria, considering that even retrospectively it reports no ability to analyse the effectiveness of its decisions with respect to medicines procurement (details supplied) [22580/…

421. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1858 of 18 March 2026, if a cohort of infants can receive a second RSV immunisation in winter 2026-2027 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22952/26]

1857. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to expand the RSV immunisation programme; the steps she is taking to deliver this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19309/26]

1858. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the RSV immunisation programme for infants; if a proposal is being considered (details supplied); her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19310/26]