Question from Deputy John Paul O'Shea - PQ 60404-25

To ask the Minister for Health to provide data detailing the total number of hospitalisations due to influenza in adults aged 65 and over in Ireland for each of the past ten years, alongside available comparative data for total public expenditure on influenza immunisation for adults aged 65 and over in Ireland for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.