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 Abbreviations
The Irish Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP Hib IPV HepB MenC MMR PCV7 BCG Td
Birth-1 month   Yes
2 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes  
4 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes  
6 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes Yes  
12 months       Yes Yes  
13 months   Yes2   Yes3  
4-5 years Yes Yes   Yes  
11-14 years   Yes4 Yes
The Irish Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 10 January 2009
1 DTaP, Hib, IPV and HepB are given as a single hexavalent vaccine.
2 A single dose of Hib vaccine is also recommended if the child presents after age 13 months (13 months – 4 years) and has had no previous Hib vaccine.
3 A single dose of MenC vaccine is given for those 12 months to 22 years who have not received the routine 3 doses in infancy.
4 Only for those who are known to be tuberculin negative and have no previous BCG. Requires an interval of four weeks post-MMR.
Historic changes
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1971: Rubella vaccine was introduced into national vaccination schedule for pre-pubertal girls (12-14 years of age)
1985: Measles vaccine was introduced into national vaccination schedule for children 15 months to 5 years of age
1988: The combined MMR vaccine was introduced into national vaccination schedule for children 15 months to 2 years of age and also for girls 10-14 years thereby replacing the rubella vaccine.
1992: A second dose of MMR (MMR2) was recommended for all children at ages 10-14 years.
1995: A measles and rubella vaccination campaign for primary school-age children was conducted for children aged 5 to12 years
1999: The recommended age of MMR2 was lowered from 10-14 years to 4-5 years.
2002: The age of first MMR dose reduced to 12-15 months.

Other:
1937: BCG first became available in the country
1930s: DT was introduced into national vaccination schedule
1949: BCG was introduced into national vaccination schedule
1952-1953: DTP was introduced into national vaccination schedule
1957: OPV was introduced into national vaccination schedule
1992: Hib was introduced into national vaccination schedule
2000: MenC was introduced into national vaccination schedule
2001: DTaP-Hib-IPV (pentavalent vaccine) was introduced into national vaccination schedule
2008: From 1st September: Introduction of PCV7
2008: From 1st September: Replacing the pentavalent vaccine (DTaP-Hib-IPV) with a hexavalent vaccine to include Hepatitis B vaccine
2008: From 1st September: Changes in timing of MenC to be given at 13 months of age
2008: From 1st September: Changes in timing of Hib vaccine (Hib) to be given at 13 months of age

Planned changes
Tdap to replace Td

This summary chart is adapted from the Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland, 2008 - issued by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. This document may be accessed on the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Centre's website.