Publications: Immunisation

• Vaccination in General Practice (January 2018)
• National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
• Supporting Information for staff - Schools Immunisation Programme 2019/2020 academic year (Updated September 2019)
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain including maintenance of vaccine fridges and management of vaccines (Added 07 July 2016)
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain in vaccine cool boxes. (Added 07 July 2016)
• Mixing of Vaccines (Updated 18 July 2018)
• Recommended vaccines for immunocompromised adults (July 2018)

• Driving Change in Immunisation - The role of the National Immunisation Office 2005-2011 (June 2012)

• Introduction to your child's immunsiations - English (544.3KB)
• Introduction to your child's immunisations - Irish (545.4KB)
• Your Childs Immunisations - English (2.8MB)
• Your Child's Immunisations- Irish (3MB)
• English Magnet (205.8KB)
• Irish Magnet (206.1KB)
• English Passport (320.6KB)
• Irish Passport (331.2KB)
• Schedule poster English (205.8KB)
• Schedule poster Irish (205.8KB)
• MenB Poster (344KB)
• Rotavirus Poster (264.6KB)
• Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice (192.7KB)
• Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice (240.6KB)
• FAQ's for Health Professionals

Other items

• Immunisation Magnet - English
• Immunisation Magnet - Irish
• Post vaccination Stickers (only available to order from www.healthpromotion.ie/)
• Immunisation Schedule Wheel (only available to order from www.healthpromotion.ie/)

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

The school programme is currently on hold, no vaccines will be given by the HSE School Vaccination Teams at this time. We will update this page as information becomes available.

6th Class Information

• English Leaflet (June 2020)
• Irish Leaflet (June 2020)

Primary School programme

• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet English
• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet Irish
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - English
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - Irish

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

Second Level School Programme 

• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet English
• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet Irish
• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Factsheet - English
• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Factsheet - Irish
• Consent Form - English 
• Consent Form - Irish 
• FAQs for HPV programme
• FAQs for Tdap programme
• FAQs for MenACWY programme

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

Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy

• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet English
• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet Irish

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

Tdap vaccination during pregnancy - FAQs for Healthcare Professionals

More information is available from here

MMR vaccine before or after pregnancy

• Rubella Information Leaflet English
• Rubella Information Leaflet Irish

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