Health care staff in Donegal are worried about the implications of the increasing number of children who have not had their vaccines on time.
At present 16% of children are not receiving their 13 month vaccines and 50% are delaying their vaccines by up to 6 months.
Most children are getting their first vaccines on time but from the age of 6 
months the delays start.
This means that a large number of children are at risk from serious illness, especially meningitis, by not getting the MenC and HiB vaccines at the correct time.
Dr Anthony Breslin, Specialist in Public Health Medicine with the HSE North West, says this is a cause for concern:
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