206 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of about 20 per cent and that it is associated with a higher risk of permanent neurological damage such as deafness and epilepsy; that many countries around the world provide for the routine immunisation of babies against this disease, yet Ireland does not have a pneumococcal vaccination as part of the childhood immunisation schedule; the steps she intends to take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29525/06]

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206 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of about 20 per cent and that it is associated with a higher risk of permanent neurological damage such as deafness and epilepsy; that many countries around the world provide for the routine immunisation of babies against this disease, yet Ireland does not have a pneumococcal vaccination as part of the childhood immunisation schedule; the steps she intends to take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29525/06]

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