Minister wants to make vaccines the law

Health Minister Simon Harris wants to make children’s vaccinations mandatory and has sought legal advice on the matter.

Minister wants to make vaccines the law

Health Minister Simon Harris wants to make children’s vaccinations mandatory and has sought legal advice on the matter.

Mr Harris is also writing to every TD and senator to ask them to publicly support vaccination, hitting out at the “populist nonsense” and scaremongering from some members of the Oireachtas which has led to a dramatic decline in vaccination rates.

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