Results 1-20 of 32 for flu speaker:Róisín Shortall

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

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chairman. I welcome all our guests. I want to concentrate my questions on the issue of the flu vaccine. Earlier in our session here, and we are all only too well aware of it, there was discussion about the fact that, pre-Covid, we had a very severe shortage of hospital beds. I think we are all aware of that from the capacity review. That situation has been exacerbated greatly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: My question relates to the availability of the flu vaccine and the adequacy of the supplies we have now secured for this coming season. It is extraordinary to think that last year more than 4,300 people were hospitalised with seasonal flu. That is more than the total number of people who have been hospitalised with Covid to date. While Ireland works to prevent a second wave of Covid, it...

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

Róisín Shortall: 1424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of flu vaccines which have been secured for the upcoming flu season; the way in which this compares to the number in 2019; the estimated uptake figures for each target group; his views on the advisability of a full population uptake programme in view of the pressure on hospitals as a result of Covid-19; and if he is satisfied that the current...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...1.1 million and 1.2 million. This does not seem to cater for a significant increase from last year's numbers. Again, what is the Government's estimate of the demand for doses of the vaccine in the coming flu season? The Tánaiste said that the HSE has placed orders. That is not quite the same as securing additional supplies. Can he assure us that sufficient supplies will be...

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

Róisín Shortall: I share the Chair's frustration at not being able to get straight answers because earlier I had asked for an assurance that we were able to secure sufficient quantities of the flu vaccine and it is only in the past 15 minutes that Mr. McCallion has spoken of constraints in the market. Will he explain to us exactly what are those constraints? Is it a question of availability or of cost? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: .... Unfortunately, progress has been quite slow since then but Mr. Twomey was certainly putting it into practice. At that time, I recall trying to get approval for pharmacists to provide the flu vaccination. I remember being shocked at the resistance there was to that. That seemed to be a no-brainer but there was resistance. This kind of thing is often regarded as business and losing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Tánaiste confident that they will be secured and will be available before the onset of the flu season?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated demand for the flu vaccine in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16236/20]

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

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about uptake. Obviously, there is a need for greater uptake. My question is whether or not the health system will be ready for the flu season, given the huge challenges that are there as a result of Covid.

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

Róisín Shortall: It does seem quite a small additional number. My concern is that we will not be prepared for the flu season on top of the other constraints that are there.

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

Róisín Shortall: 1423. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the advice from the EU Commission to member states to commence the flu vaccination programme early in view of the pressure on health systems due to Covid 19; and his views on this advice. [20864/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to ask about the flu vaccine for children.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to hear about the flu vaccine for children.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (8 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 795. To ask the Minister for Health if all orders and requests for the flu vaccine have now been provided to general practitioners and pharmacists; if the HSE retains some supply; the extent of those supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date; the date of expiration for the circa 600,000 nasal spray doses bought by the HSE in 2020; the steps he will take to ensure increased uptake before their expiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43468/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date for each of the quantities due to expire on 13 and 14 January and 12 and 15 February 2021; the total cost of the vaccines; the number which have expired without being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to children who have contracted narcolepsy as a result of the Pandemrix vaccine for swine flu; the measures that will be undertaken in this regard; when the Memorandum for Government setting out the full response to this issue will be brought before Dáil Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51196/12]

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

Róisín Shortall: ...were predictions made by people such as Dr. Fergal Hickey, who said in September that we were facing a hell on earth or Armageddon because of what was coming down the tracks with Covid and the flu, why the actions Mr. McCallion now says were effective over the past two weeks were not taken sooner.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme Data (2 May 2017)

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 (7 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the flu strain H3N2 component of the 2017 vaccine programme has been shown to have been less effective in combatting the spread of influenza than in previous years; the Health Service Executive's plans in respect of the pressure that an upswing in influenza admissions will have on the hospital system this winter...