250 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to postpone the introduction of vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer in view of the fact that the amount of funding involved is relatively small in comparison to the potential benefits of that amount of expenditure having particular regard to the annual number of incidents of cervical cancer ending in death in many cases; if her attention has been drawn to the dismay, anxiety and erosion of confidence that her actions to defer the treatment has caused; if she will seek advice from health professionals with a view to allowing the scheme to proceed as planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41644/08]

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250 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to postpone the introduction of vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer in view of the fact that the amount of funding involved is relatively small in comparison to the potential benefits of that amount of expenditure having particular regard to the annual number of incidents of cervical cancer ending in death in many cases; if her attention has been drawn to the dismay, anxiety and erosion of confidence that her actions to defer the treatment has caused; if she will seek advice from health professionals with a view to allowing the scheme to proceed as planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41644/08]

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