Question from Deputy John Paul O'Shea - PQ 25981-26

To ask 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 structures, working groups or agreed protocols underpinning this coordination; to indicate the level at which decisions relating to school participation are considered and agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.