Results 21-40 of 119 for flu speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE monitors the number of nursing home patients, public and private, that have been vaccinated against flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Nov 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if private hospitals have been asked to vaccinate staff against the flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47987/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Australia essentially did not have a flu season.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: No Government decision has been made on that but my unambiguous view is that the State should cover all costs, just as does with the flu vaccine. We cannot have a situation where there is any question of access being a problem because of affordability.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: On Deputy Mattie McGrath's statements regarding the flu vaccine----

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I will do my best. I was making the point that Deputy Mattie McGrath has continued to make false statements and he is seeking written answers to false statements around flu jabs which obviously we cannot give him.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospitals Winter Plan (10 Oct 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: ...into the detail. We can go back and forth and make political points, and I am sure we will have plenty of time to do that, but the reality is that we are facing into a winter where a very serious flu is working its way across the world towards us. I heard the Minister this morning quite rightly encouraging people to get the flu vaccine. Last year was a crisis. This year there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The planned expansion in the provision of seasonal flu vaccine will allow all of those in the HSE-identified at-risk groups aged from 6 months up, including healthcare workers, to access the vaccination without charges.  All children aged from 2 to 12 years will also have access to vaccination without charge.  This expanded programme will ensure that those most vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: Ireland's National Immunisation Programme, which is operated by the Health Service Executive, includes the provision of the seasonal influenza vaccination to all individuals in specified at-risk groups. Prior to 2020/2021, the influenza vaccination was available without charge to Medical or GP Visit card holders in one of the at-risk groups. Those, in these groups, who did not hold a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to support the roll out of the Winter Plan 2020/2021. The Plan provided additional permanent acute bed capacity, additional home support hours, additional community-based services and an expanded flu vaccination programme to alleviate pressure on hospital emergency departments (EDs). The HSE is currently working on developing a plan to deal with the additional pressures on hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. My Department will continue to be guided by NIAC's recommendations on any emerging evidence on the issue of flu vaccination in the future. Prior to 2020/2021, the seasonal influenza vaccination was available without charge to Medical or GP Visit card holders in one of the HSE-defined at-risk...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. It is proposed to administer the vaccines via GPs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The programme is being offered through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The programme is being offered through GPs. ...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have not seen any discussion on salaried GPs but what we have seen is a very significant discussion on additional supports for GPs. For example, with regard to the flu vaccination programme, the funding per vaccination last year was €15 based on volume and that will now be about €25. There is ongoing funding for the Covid call and follow-up testing. There will be ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Influenza Vaccination Programme ensures that those most vulnerable to the effects of influenza have access to the flu vaccine, free of charge. By providing vaccination to those most at risk, and those most likely to require admission to hospital should they contract influenza, the programme aims to prevent, as far as possible, the need for influenza-related hospital admissions,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2020/2021 influenza vaccination season will be the 10th year that pharmacists have provided this service to patients. Since the pharmacy vaccination service began, the pharmacy regulator, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (the PSI) have carried out a number of evaluations and a user satisfaction survey which have identified that this service is well received by the public and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a little over 51,000 COVID-19 Autumn Winter booster doses were administered. Since the commencement of the programme over 475,000 COVID-19 Autumn/Winter booster doses have been administered to date. Influenza Vaccination The HPSC publishes seasonal influenza vaccination uptake here: Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Ireland in 2023-2024 season, 18th Sept - 5th Nov 2023 (week 38- 44) ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is important to note that excess mortality has been observed during previous periods when influenza viruses circulated at high levels in Ireland, for example in winter 2017/2018 which has previously been characterised as a severe flu season, and during certain periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Ireland experienced a winter of high levels of influenza cases and hospitalisations, it would...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has expanded the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE-defined at-risk groups and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. Vaccines are being administered via GPs and pharmacists, as in previous years. This season, 1.95 million doses of influenza vaccine have been purchased, double the amount administered last season. The...