By Sean Moriarty

A Killarney councillor is calling for an inoculation centre to be established in the town.

Currently Killarney children are being forced to travel to receive their jabs for Measles Mumps and Rubella.

Cllr. John O'Donoghue raised the issue at a recent Kerry County Council meeting.

“The current situation whereby families are being asked to travel across the county to receive vaccines for their children is completely unsatisfactory and I believe it encourages families to not bother engaging with the services, particularly those who do not own their own car,” he told the meeting.

“Indeed given the standard of public transport servicing some areas of the County, it could be argued that these people are being discriminated against. I urge this chamber to call on the HSE to immediately reopen inoculation centres in all major urban areas of the county, or better again, to revert to the old system whereby children received their vaccines in school from a visiting nurse or doctor.”

Cllr O’Donoghue’s motion was passed and the council executive will now contact the Health Services Executive in an effort to open vaccination clinics in Killarney and other urban centres in the country.

HSE will be contacted regarding the matter.