Reilly urged to pay vaccine damages

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has been urged to put in place a no-fault compensation payment scheme for those children who have been affected by serious adverse reactions from State vaccine programmes.

It is now almost three years since the Vaccine Damage Steering Group, set up by the Department of Health, made the recommendation to Government that a scheme be put in place.

The steering group included representatives from the department, the HSE, the Irish Medicines Board and State Claims Agency.