Results 21-32 of 32 for flu speaker:David Cullinane

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: ...two questions to Ms Clyne because we are tight on time. There is an awful lot I would like to ask about, but we are confined by the time limits. Ms Clyne mentioned preparation for the winter flu season and what will happen with the added concern of Covid-19. Those concerns relate to vaccinations and how they are rolled out, as Ms Clyne referred to. I ask her to expand on that. Ms...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: ...all know we face a major challenge in dealing with Covid care, non-Covid care, all the infection-control measures, public health guidelines and the need for catch-up programmes. We have the winter flu coming at us. We have the potential of an increase in Covid if it happens. It is a perfect storm that requires a plan. Will Mr. Woods explain to us when we will see the bones of this plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: ...Covid-19. There are many exciting developments in this area. This will pose a challenge in terms of distribution and it will be important to have the infrastructure in place. Let us consider the flu vaccine this year. We have 1.3 million doses. However, for Covid-19 we will need 3.3 million doses at least. There will be advance purchase agreements with several of these companies....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: ...be treated with respect. The Minister and the HSE should be here today. I put the HSE on notice that there is anecdotal evidence coming to Deputies from all parties about a delay in the roll-out of the flu vaccine. I do not know the reason for that. I am not even sure if that is the case or what the actual delay involves, but people have been told that by pharmacists and GPs and we...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: ...sleepless nights, long shifts and huge stresses brought about by all the changes to the testing regime. GPs are under huge pressure. In light of the coming winter surge, the need to roll out flu vaccination, Covid-19 and all of the existing demands on GPs, are we seriously saying this will be done any time soon? Deputy Donnelly is a new Minister, so some of this is the responsibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: ...back to some level of normality, that is not the case for many of those people. It is a very frightening problem for them to have to battle with on a daily basis. When one considers the mix of flu, RSV and Covid in the community, one realise that these are the people who are most at risk. We need to do everything possible, where we can, using all of the necessary tools to support those...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: ...800-bed hospital in Dublin that will lose 200 beds. It is the same across the State because of the infection control measures that have to be put in place. We are also facing now into the winter flu. Yesterday we had the comprehensive economic stimulus plan. It did not go far enough for me. There are nuanced differences and we can disagree on some of those but at least there was an...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: ...service is now under pressure on several fronts. It is dealing with overworked staff, Covid care, non-Covid care, catching up on delayed care, a vast reduction in capacity and the looming winter flu. Dealing with these crises will require substantial public investment in protecting capacity. We are facing a perfect storm such as we have never faced before and it is very worrying. At the...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: ...as they were in the first week of January. It has to be said that the experience of patients in emergency departments throughout our country, with overcrowding levels that we have not seen previously, was an absolute disgrace. I will be the first to accept that rising cases of flu, Covid-19, respiratory illnesses place pressures on the healthcare system, and they did but we cannot excuse...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: ...-funded system. Risk equalisation as a principle ensures that costs are constant across the life span of the individual. It seeks to ensure where possible that age, gender and health status do not influence the cost of an insurance product. In 2021, 47% of the population was covered by private health insurance. That is not always because they want to, but because they feel that they...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: ...they go to their GPs and get factual information to equip them to be in a position to then take the vaccine. That will be an important part of all of this. I have been heartened by the uptake in the flu vaccine this year. Even though we had more doses this year than in previous years, there still was not enough because of the demand. That tells me that people will want to be...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: ...as far back as the summer, in June, that we needed to prepare for the winter and for what was coming at us because we could potentially have a change in the pattern of Covid-19, we could have the flu with us and we also could have, as I see it now, more people presenting with respiratory and other illnesses in to our emergency departments. We have real problems with GP access and with...