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Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: ...on from that. I referred once or twice in the health committee during the Covid period to a great book called Stacking the Coffins, which is not a very positive title. It is about the Spanish flu pandemic and its impact in Ireland. One of the author's findings was that the failure to commemorate or mark what happened in a significant way meant the impact of the Spanish flu crisis was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to Covid-19: Discussion (28 Oct 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

...directives and the European Qualifications Framework are very much reflective of the positive benefits of an EU acting in solidarity and partnership. On Senator Martin's questions on the winter flu vaccines of other member states, there is anecdotal evidence that some member states may have a tradition of citizens taking the flu jab regularly. For example, more than 65% of UK senior...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is recognised as a sufferer of narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine Pandermix; if not, if he will ensure a rapid assessment and provide a date and time for same; if he will outline the range of supports available and the process for accessing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme Data (2 May 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 946. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for the uptake of the winter flu vaccine among front line Health Service Executive, HSE, staff; the number of front-line HSE staff that availed of the vaccine in the past three years for which figures are available; the way these compare with targets; the way in which uptake is promoted among staff; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: 801. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner practices are facing quantity restrictions on the amount of flu vaccines they can receive; the impact this will have on the demand for vaccines in the coming months; the measures that are in place to increase the quantity of vaccines being delivered by manufacturers; and if he will make a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (18 Oct 2005)

Denis Naughten: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, in light of the confirmation of avian flu within the borders of the European Union, there is a need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline the steps she is taking to protect Irish poultry flocks and those being taken by the Government to stop the entry of the...

Avian Flu. (6 Feb 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Coughlan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for allowing me the opportunity to give the response of my Department to the confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk. As the House will be aware, this case was confirmed on Saturday morning last, by which time the management committee of my Department's National Disease Control Centre, NDCC, had met....

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: In light of the foot and mouth disease situation in Brazil and the avian flu, when will the animal health Bill come before the House so we can discuss these major issues? Second, since it costs €290 to keep a prisoner for one day in Mountjoy prison, when will the fines Bill come to the House, so that fines can be applied to offenders' wages? Finally, when will the sale of alcohol Bill come...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Mar 2013)

Ann Phelan: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the possibility of contracting narcolepsy from the flu vaccine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if there are many persons here to whom this has happened; the number of persons; the reason he has ceased communication with the support group Sound which is working with victims of this affliction in County Kilkenny...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Michael Creed: 2452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will quantify the extent of the avian flu impact on the Irish poultry sector for each of the past five years; the financial supports available from his Department on this matter; his views on the desirability of a poultry health fund for the sector and the possibility of insurance cover against such disease incidents; and if...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2009)

Mary Wallace: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are two different types of swine flu vaccines, pandemorix which includes mercury and celvapan which is mercury-free; if it is solely pandemorix that has been issued to general practitioners; if the entire supply of the mercury-free vaccine, celvapan, was retained for the Health Service Executive clinics and not made available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new forms recently issued to general practitioners for flu vaccinations in view of the fact that GPs have reported that the new forms take a considerable amount of extra time to complete by staff, require information that has already been submitted and is causing their system to be clogged up and the reason these new forms have been...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

...complex whereby we feel we cannot call in sick or stay at home. That is really important as well. If people have respiratory symptoms for whatever reason, they need to stay at home in the coming flu seasons because if they are going to work while coughing and sneezing, they are transmitting something.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (7 Jun 2006)

Mary Upton: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her understanding of the powers that exist to restrict the free movement of people out of and into Ireland in the event of a serious outbreak of avian flu in view of the paragraph on travel restrictions on page 19 of the European Union's Final Report on A Pandemic Influenza Exercise for the European Union; and if she will make a statement on...

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 (9 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a radio campaign is being run stating that the flu vaccine is free for at-risk groups but does not mention that a consultation fee may be charged as is stated on the HSE website; the steps he is taking in order to ensure the vaccine is free for at-risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Accident and Emergency Departments (18 Oct 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Harris: ...more services, taxpayers provide funding and we are already putting in place €40 million for the winter initiative. That involves some of the things the Deputy is talking about regarding a flu epidemic. It involves more people getting the flu vaccine, and we should all take this opportunity to remind people to get it. It involves 13 community intervention teams, which can reduce...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (28 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: With emerging diseases such as avian flu and familiar diseases like foot and mouth disease, the intention of the Bill is to categorise class A diseases. To include the words "a significant threat to animal or human health", however, would take any contingency into account. It would clarify the situation while protecting veterinary practitioners in the area of limited registration. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...control in the coming months; the steps which will be taken to ensure adequate staffing levels, trained personnel and medical care are in place before the winter and a possible second wave or flu virus arrives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/20]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Dec 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...for Health and Children her views on Ireland's preparedness and supplies of Tamilfu and Relenza in view of a recent claim by scientists that the UK Government is failing in the fight to prevent a flu pandemic by stockpiling just one anti-viral drug, Tamiflu; if this is part of the recommendations; when the report from the influenza pandemic expert group will be published; and if she will...