I refer to the methods the media have adopted regarding the health service. I have raised this issue previously. Everything done in the health service is reported in a very negative way. At 7.30 a.m. I attended a presentation on a survey carried out by MSD. It shows that 39% of the population are very optimistic about the health service, that 40% are pessimistic and that 20% have no view one way or the other. However, when people are interviewed on how they, themselves, got on within the health service, the vast majority were positive.

It is one of the things we now need to do. Many good things are happening in the health service and everyone working in it works very hard. The negative coverage is not helping staff morale in hospitals and services. It is something with which we need to deal.

In terms of the media, I want to deal with the HPV vaccine. There is a lot of negative coverage of the vaccine, especially on social media. The Leader worked with me last Monday to hold a public meeting. The head of cancer research in the Irish Cancer Society, Dr. Robert O'Connor, made a presentation. Some 40,000 new cancers are identified in the country every year, of which 20,000 are invasive, and 9,000 people die, yet social media now seems to dominate the debate on the HPV vaccine. Dr. O'Connor will make a presentation at 3 p.m. today in Leinster House. I urge Members to attend because it is important that we send a positive message. The vaccine has been monitored over a ten-year period. While some have suffered adverse effects, their conditions do not differ from those who have not received the vaccine. It is important that we send positive messages and state the vaccine is available and should be promoted. Social media should not dominate the debate. In a future debate on health, we may consider how we work with people in the health service to make sure morale is improved. It is one of the problems we have.

The Sentor's point has been well made.