Vaccination Programme

831. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if, arising from the recent move of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and Quality Authority, NIAC will remain an independent committee with the ability to define its own work programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35997/25]

855. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to make the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine available free of charge to older citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36177/25]

88. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if her Department will reconsider its stance on the shingles vaccine given recent studies that indicate a 20% reduction in dementia diagnoses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34625/25]

212. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if recent evidence from UK studies indicating that the shingrix (recombinant zoster) vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia and provide cognitive benefits has been considered in her Department’s assessment of the vaccine for inclusion in the national immunisation schedule; if these potential wider health benefits will be factored into futu…

230. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccine will be made available free to immuno-compromised individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/25]

406. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the implementation of an RSV Immunisation Pathfinder Programme for older adults in 2025 to protect vulnerable older adults, including those living in long term care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33328/25]

295. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when the vaccine injury compensation scheme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30761/25]

376. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the phased introduction of the shingrix vaccine shingles vaccine to the National Immunisation Schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31166/25]

1459. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the shingles vaccine by the corporate pharmaceutical unit of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29747/25]

1465. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of an academic study (details supplied) that shows increased public health benefits, including increased vaccine coverage rates, in France, following the decision of the French government to legislate for the HPV vaccine to be administered in pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29789/25]

1469. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a vaccine alliance, aimed at boosting the uptake of childhood vaccines and reducing vaccine hesitancy, which was first launched by the then-Minster for Health in September 2019 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29793/25]

1476. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the progress of the vaccine damage solidarity scheme; if the scheme has been considered by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; to provide a timeframe for the scheme to become operational; how an individual might engage with the scheme; and if she w…

1519. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the proposed pilot programme to improve HPV vaccine uptake rates among underserved communities; to outline the proposed methodology and geographic locations for this pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30004/25]

1520. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health to provide the most up to date HPV vaccination uptake data for the academic year 2023-2024; her views on the reason this data is not currently publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30005/25]

1547. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement and roll out of the new national immunisation system which will be used to record all vaccine programmes offered by the State and to support their delivery. [30113/25]

1562. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the assessment currently underway for the RSV immunisation 2026-2027 season and beyond; if there is a commitment to retain the RSV vaccine for infants; if there are plans to expand eligibility for the free RSV vaccine to include older adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30208/25]

1563. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of offering the RSV vaccine to people aged 65 years and older; the cost of offering the vaccine specifically to those with a chronic respiratory disease aged 65 years and older; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30209/25]

1564. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the enhanced flu vaccination specifically to people aged 65 years and older with a respiratory condition such as asthma in the 2025/2026 flu season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30210/25]

1602. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if the guidelines for vaccination against SARS COV 2 of infants, children and adolescents, who do not have medical conditions that increase their risk of severe illness, will be amended in light of recent research findings in the Department of Health in Australia and the FDA in the USA whereby risk of side effects outweigh any benefit of vac…

1605. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide the shingles vaccine for free, given it has been shown to reduce the risk of developing dementia in older adults. [30444/25]

726. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to detail any plans currently under consideration, or actions taken to date, regarding the development of an all-island vaccination programme for both adults and children. [27420/25]

734. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health for an update on the timeline of delivery for the implementation of the vaccine compensation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/25]

195. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been made of recent research linking the shingles vaccine to a reduced risk of dementia, and whether there are plans to incorporate this evidence into public health policy in Ireland. [24138/25]

213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress towards 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. [23723/25]

1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will explain the reason the shingles vaccine is not included in the national immunisation programme, despite overwhelming clinical evidence of its effectiveness in preventing a debilitating illness that disproportionately affects older people and immunocompromised individuals. [23307/25]