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

Fergus O'Dowd: Fáiltím roimh na finnéithe. Tá jab an-mhaith déanta ag na daoine atá ag obair sa health service an t-am go léir. I have a question about the flu vaccine in preparation for the possibility of an outbreak of flu and the return of Covid-19. Do the witnesses' organisations have a policy on mandatory flu vaccination of all healthcare staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Dr. Tony Holohan: We are prepared for a situation whereby we might see an increase in influenza. The conditions in the population, now that it is vaccinated and protected against Covid, are more conducive to the transmission of flu. In terms of immunity, there might be reasons to theorise that we may be more vulnerable than we otherwise would be to transmission of flu. We have examined...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Professor Paddy Mallon: Any successful testing and tracing plan needs to be, at the very least, capable of responding to the onset of a new flu season when the rate of people with flu-like symptoms will increase exponentially over a short period. This can be modelled. Looking at our most recent flu season, which just preceded the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be estimated that...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 14 together. Approximately 650,000 seasonal flu vaccines were delivered to the HSE in September 2010 and have already been distributed to GPs and HSE sites. The HSE is in the process of drawing down a further 100,000 vaccines which were part of the contingency arrangements within the same contract. The HSE will also deliver supplies of Pandemrix, one of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The winter flu vaccine programme has been a success and more people in Ireland will be vaccinated against the flu this year than ever before. However, notwithstanding the fact that we ordered more doses than in previous years, demand has exceeded supply and we must prioritise those who are most at risk. There are more doses available, but they have to be prioritised for obvious reasons. ...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020) See 4 other results from this debate

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 to 422, inclusive, together. The Flu vaccine purchased by HSE is based on WHO advice on the composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the northern hemisphere Flu season. The WHO issued advice on 22 February 2018, recommended that quadrivalent vaccines for use in the 2018-2019 northern hemisphere influenza season contain the following: - an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Aisling Dolan: There is only a 20% uptake of the flu vaccine for children at national level and GPs are saying the exact same thing. It is crucial that we encourage parents to bring children for an appointment with their GP or a pharmacist. The nasal spray makes the vaccine easy for children to take. Best of all, it is free for children between the ages of two and 12. Families will be coming together at...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Feb 2006)

John Gormley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the discovery of the bird flu virus in Germany and the need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food and the Minister for Health and Children, as part of a full Dáil debate on the issue, to make full statements to the House about this country's state of preparedness for an outbreak...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: Seasonal Flu vaccination forms part of the Adult Immunisation Programme. Seasonal Flu vaccination is available every year as the vaccine changes every year to suit the strain of the circulating virus. The 2012 - 2013 Seasonal Flu vaccination campaign was launched by the HSE earlier this week. Those aged 18 years or older in the at risk groups may attend either their GP or pharmacist for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: Seasonal Flu vaccination forms part of the Adult Immunisation Programme. Seasonal Flu vaccination is available every year as the vaccine changes every year to suit the strain of the circulating virus. The 2012 - 2013 Seasonal Flu vaccination campaign was launched by the HSE earlier this week. Those aged 18 years or older in the at risk groups may attend either their GP or pharmacist for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand that a memo issued from the HSE on 16/01/23 to early learning, childcare service providers and schools advising of additional walk-in flu vaccination clinics for all children aged 2 - 17 years. These clinics were set up to increase flu vaccine uptake rates in children in response to rising numbers of flu cases and hospitalisations in the population in general but also...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (30 May 2006)

Paul McGrath: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the process to be followed by the public in line with the UN health strategy where cases of avian flu are suspected; if a slaughter policy is in place for possible outbreaks; the details of this policy; if a compensation scheme has been agreed for possible slaughtering of fowl in suspected cases of avian flu; her policy in relation to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Liam Twomey: Yesterday and last week, I stated in the House that the Government's handling of the swine flu pandemic, a serious public health issue, was poor and that the HSE did not seem to have the crisis under control. I was ignored by the Government side and criticised by some of its Members who believe the HSE is doing a great job. However, I have a supporter, none other than the Minister for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (10 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...Deputy Bríd Smith for her question. When I received the question, it alarmed me because it suggested something that should not be happening. As a result, I asked for it be looked into. The flu vaccine is free for all healthcare workers working in our public and voluntary hospitals and to all healthcare workers delivering front-line services. It is also available free of charge...

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

Dr. Colm Henry: The flu season started earlier this year and has been climbing for longer and peaked higher than any other season for many years. Flu seasons can go on, not just through February and March, but sometimes to early April. While it seems to have peaked now - it will take another week before we are certain it has peaked - it will take some time before those flu figures fall...

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

Duncan Smith: ...may have commented on this earlier but I did not hear. In what capacity can these centres be used? Every year, there is a push for staff in the HSE, particularly front-line staff, to have the flu vaccination. Given the winter we are facing, what are the plans to increase take-up of the flu vaccine? Have mandatory flu vaccinations for front-line staff been ruled in or out?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: ...we can do that. I am sure that he knows what I mean by that. A Chathaoirligh, I ask that the Minister for Health comes to the House as a matter of urgency. There is absolute confusion around the flu vaccine this morning. At the time of a pandemic, there is a need for certainty and confidence in the Health Service Executive. GPs are sharing information with us regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The seasonal flu vaccine is recommended for adults in an at-risk group including pregnant women and children aged 10 years or older, who can get the flu vaccine either from a GP or pharmacist. Younger children in an at-risk group can get the flu vaccine from their GP. The vaccine and consultation are free for those with a medical card or GP visit card, whether provided by a GP or a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who in previous years received the flu jab are unable to obtain it in spite of Covid-19; his views on whether the decision to acquire only 20% more doses of the flu jab compared with 2019 was short-sighted given, for example, that the UK has sought to double the number of persons vaccinated in 2020;...