National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2020-09-30
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I commend Senator Norris and the Bill's other proposers and welcome the Minister to the House. Like others, I thank the Minister for affording proper time to this debate. That is important.
I will begin by agreeing with the message of prevention being better than cure. The question of vaccination is important. The HPV vaccine uptake rate has moved to 81%, but we need to aim for 100%.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-30