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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I missed some of Ms Magahy's presentation but, in my defence, I was getting the flu shot. I had read it anyway. Ms Magahy referred to the 1,600 suboptimised beds. I find it a bit hard to reconcile that with the fact that we have bed occupancy rates approaching 100%. When Ms Magahy says "suboptimised", is she talking about delayed discharges?

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (6 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the State Claims Agency is opposing claims by those who allege they have developed narcolepsy as a result of a faulty batch of the swine flu vaccine in view of the fact that the claims are supported by medical proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28772/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Mr. David Walsh: The over-85s are a particular group that needs to be given all due consideration. They place their trust in their GPs and, as have seen through the flu vaccination programme, what worked successfully was where GPs contacted their over-85s and called them in for vaccination. The intention is the same process will apply in relation to Covid-19 vaccination.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve a package of measures to support young persons with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated against swine flu with pandemrix; if he will engage with the representative of an organisation (details supplied) in advance of the approval of any package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Tom Fleming: ...beds and respite beds in the Saint Columbanus Home and Community Hospital in Killarney in County Kerry; the number of beds that are vacant to cope with the demand the many vulnerable patients with flu symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/15]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (2 Mar 2006)

John Gormley: ...and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department did not inform Dáil Éireann or the Joint Committee on Health and Children regarding its intention to introduce a vaccine for avian flu, which was announced to the public on 24 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8599/06]

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

...Prison, which is really just a baby compared with the other groups represented here, as we have been in operation for just over a year. Members will excuse me because I am smothering with the flu.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Role and Functions: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (27 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: ...Government policy in regard to what pharmacists are permitted to do. There is undoubtedly an issue in this regard. There was great reluctance, for example, to permit pharmacists to administer the flu vaccine, despite such services being an obvious area of involvement for them. My point is that the Government seems concerned with seeking to limit their role.

Vaccination Programme. (4 Nov 2009) See 4 other results from this debate

James Reilly: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of the 45 Health Service Executive swine flu vaccination clinics; the persons who will man them; the opening times of the clinics; the number of patients they will see per day; the number of vaccinations they will administer per day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39588/09]

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004) See 2 other results from this debate

Pat Rabbitte: ...of patients, families and nurses picketing Dáil Éireann on this issue. The consultants say there are 3,500 fewer beds in the system now than there were in 1990. In the past, when there was a flu epidemic during the winter, one would be confronted with the prospect of people on trolleys. Now, it is the norm. In every hospital there are patients on trolleys. Even in provincial hospitals,...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this answer

Billy Timmins: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of the 45 Health Service Executive swine flu vaccination clinics; the persons who will man them; the opening times of the clinics; the number of patients they will see per day; the number of vaccinations they will administer per day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39316/09]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2012)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who contracted narcolepsy with cathaplexy from the Health Service Executive swine flu injection; the supports that will be put in place for them in the future; if they are entitled to compensation as a result of HSE administering the drug that caused it [52002/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (31 Jan 2017)

Niamh Smyth: 644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols being put in place to combat the recent cases of bird flu here; if his Department's officials have identified the source; if his attention has been drawn to any threats to other counties such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (23 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the recent reports of avian flu on the island of Ireland; if he has spoken with his counterparts in the Northern Ireland on this issue; if he will ensure that they all work closely together on monitoring same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57565/21]

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

...is whether we would be better off getting out with the UK or going the course within the EU. Such a question arises in people's minds in this context. If we try to cure the severe economic 'flu that we will get from Brexit, particularly in the food and agriculture sectors as is well known, by leaving the EU, it will be at the price of catching terminal pneumonia. Terminal pneumonia is...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

Feargal Quinn: I do not wish to be a scaremonger but a report published yesterday on the preparedness in the United Kingdom, United States and Holland for a flu pandemic would frighten the wits out of anyone. It hypothesises 21 million cases in two weeks in Britain alone and 100,000 deaths. I assume our Department of Health and Children is prepared somewhat for such an event.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2012)

Dominic Hannigan: ...248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide examination support for children who developed narcolepsy since the publication of the report into the link between the swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy; if he has spoken with the Department of Health regarding their needs during their examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21572/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 May 2017)

Clare Daly: ...for Health if he will provide the detail of the information held by his Department after November 2009 regarding the safety profile of the Pandemrix vaccine compared to other vaccines for swine flu; and if his Department was briefed by the Irish Medicines Board as to the heightened risk of serious adverse drug reactions associated with the drug. [20206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: ...;which was in a good state of preservation was the subject of a post mortem investigation by Kilkenny Regional Veterinary Laboratory. While findings as to the cause of death were inconclusive, Avian flu and poisoning were investigated and ruled out. There was evidence of parasitism in the swan submitted which may have contributed to death.

Priority Questions: Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 31. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has undertaken or will undertake as part of the winter plan to protect capacity in the health service, to ensure maximum possible uptake of the flu vaccine, secure sufficient staffing levels and bed availability, deliver Covid-19, non-Covid-19 and catch-up care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/20]