Written Answers. - Vaccination for Health Workers.

Wednesday, 29 June 1994

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 444 No. 6

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  109.  Ms McManus  Information on Liz McManus  Zoom on Liz McManus   asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment  Information on Ruairí Quinn  Zoom on Ruairí Quinn   when he intends to implement the EU directive whereby hepatitis B vaccination will be made available free of charge to health workers, including doctors and local authority workers, at risk from exposure to biological agents.

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. Quinn): Information on Ruairí Quinn  Zoom on Ruairí Quinn  The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations (S.I. No. 146 of 1994) implement the EU Directive referred to [1302] by the Deputy. Under the terms of these Regulations employers are obliged to make effective vaccination available free of charge to employees who are not already immune to a biological agent (including the hepatitis B virus) to which they are exposed or likely to be exposed.


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