Vol. 444 No. 3
118 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if he will direct that a detailed and independent investigation be carried out into the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who has been making continuous representations for State compensation for poliomyelitis which he feels he developed as a result of vaccine received in the 1950s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
My Department has investigated this matter and has received a report from the Dublin Medical Officer of Health.
There are no records available to indicate what childhood vaccinations, if any, were received by the person concerned in the early 1950s. It is not possible to conclude, therefore, that his present disability is related in any way to any vaccines he may have received. In this connection, it is particularly relevant to note that the oral polio vaccine was not available until 1965, over ten years after the person claimed to have been vaccinated.
