Publications: Immunisation

• Supporting Information for Vaccinations in General Practice (1.5MB) Updated August 2025
• National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (you will be directed to the HIQA website)
• Supporting Information for staff - Schools Immunisation Programme for the current academic year (4.5MB)
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain including maintenance of vaccine fridges and management of vaccines (820.7KB) Updated 9 September 2024
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain in vaccine cool boxes. (795.8KB) Updated 28 August 2024

• National Immunisation Office. Strategic Plan 2024-2027 (640kb) November 2024
• Driving Change in Immunisation - The role of the National Immunisation Office 2005-2011 (2.77MB) June 2012

• E-Learning (You will be directed to the HSeLanD website) 

• Information from the HSE for people getting vaccinated
• Information for vaccinators
• HSeLand Vaccine Webinar Series (you will be directed to the HSeLanD website)

Resources for children born before 1st October 2024

• Your Childs Immunisations - English (2.8MB)
• Your Child's Immunisations- Irish (3MB)
• English Passport (320.6KB)
• Irish Passport (331.2KB)
• Schedule poster English (205.8KB)
• Schedule poster Irish (205.8KB)
• Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice (192.7KB)
• Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice (240.6KB)

Resources for children born on or after 1st October 2024

• Immunisation Booklet - A Guide For Parents - English (826.4 KB)
• Immunisation Booklet - A Guide For Parents - Irish (1.36mb)
• Your Childs Immunisations Leaflet - English (97kb)
  • Arabic (447kb), French (246kb), Georgian (261kb), Pashto (448kb), Dari (442kb), Russian (328kb), Somali (238kb), Albanian (240kb), Ukrainian (328kb), Urdu (Pakistan) (445kb)
• Your Childs Immunisations Infographic - English (347MB)
  • Albanian (371.6 KB), French (389.3 KB), Georgian (219.7 KB), Pashto (241.7 KB), Somali (371.6 KB), Urdu (250.4 KB), Arabic (161.7 KB), Polish (229.4 KB), Romanian (96.5 KB), Russian (183.6 KB), Simplified Chinese (218.8 KB), Ukrainian (169.7 KB)
• English Passport (274.9 KB)
• Irish Passport (280.8 KB)
• Schedule poster English (218.6 KB)
• Schedule poster Irish (217.4 KB)
• Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice English (136kb)
• Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice Irish (150kb)
• Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice English (91.1 KB)
• Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice Irish (101.5 KB)

Click here for Health professionals information materials

More information about the primary childhood immunisation programme for babies up to 13 months of age. Please go to the following page.

Primary School programme

• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet English (493KB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet Irish (459KB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - English (593KB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - Irish (158KB)

The leaflet for this programme is translated into the following languages (Arabic, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and Simplified Chinese) and is available here.

Secondary School programme

• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet English (847 KB)
• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet Irish (857 KB)
• HPV, Tdap and MenACWY Consent Form - English (614KB)
• HPV, Tdap and MenACWY Consent Form - Irish (177KB)
• FAQs for HPV programme (432KB)
• FAQs for Tdap programme (264KB) 
• FAQs for MenACWY programme (192KB) 

The leaflet for this programme is translated into the following languages (Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and Simplified Chinese) and is available here.

Information for at-risk groups

• At-risk group leaflet -English (234kb) | Irish (148kb) 

Information for healthcare workers

• Healthcare worker leaflet -English (197kb) | Irish (151kb) 

Information for pregnant women

• Pregnancy leaflet -English (213kb) | Irish (1mb) 

Information for children

• Children and Young People leaflet - English (234kb) | Irish (212kb) 

Information for health professionals giving the flu vaccine

• Health and care worker poster - English (372kb), Irish (163kb)
• Poster for people recommended the flu vaccine - English (338kb), Irish (190kb)
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Algorithm (All) (155kb)
• Algorithm (Children) (199kb)

More information is available from www.hse.ie/flu

Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy

• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet English (618KB)
• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet Irish (621KB)

This information is also available in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, French, German, Portuguese and Ukrainian.

Tdap vaccination during pregnancy - FAQs for Healthcare Professionals (449KB)

More information is available from here

MMR vaccine before or after pregnancy

• Rubella Information Leaflet English (649KB)
• Rubella Information Leaflet Irish (650KB)

This information is also available in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Slovak

Pneumococcal vaccine (PPV23) 

• Pneumococcal Vaccine for at risk groups - English, Irish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian and Russian

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Donegal Travellers Project, HSE National Social Inclusion Office, HSE National Immunisation Office and HSE Public Health have developed resources on the MMR vaccine and Measles.

Short video for Traveller parents on MMR vaccine and Measles available below:

• Ann McDonnell, Traveller Primary Health Care Worker explains why it is important to keep your children’s vaccines up to date (you will be directed to the NIO YouTube channel)
• Dr Chantal Migone, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, explains that vaccines including the MMR vaccine are safe and how your children can get the vaccine (you will be directed to the NIO YouTube channel)

Download a poster including a QR code for the video from Ann McDonnell.