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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Ms Brigid Doherty: It is in our recommendations but what is very important with the winter ahead is to encourage everybody to have the flu vaccination. We hope all healthcare staff and anybody working in a nursing home will take up the flu vaccination. We need to encourage everybody, including members of the public, to take up the flu vaccination because otherwise we will possibly have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Immunisation Programme in Ireland, which includes the influenza immunisation programme, is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. NIAC make recommendations on vaccination policy to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

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 (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Immunisation Programme in Ireland, which includes the influenza immunisation programme, is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. NIAC make recommendations on vaccination policy to the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

Dr. Denis McCauley: It depends on the age group. With the flu vaccine, for example, it has been found that if there is lower coverage in children the rate of spread of flu is actually less. A level of 65% is necessary in the older age group to prevent it from spreading quickly. The evidence of the English research shows that if one gets a smaller proportion of children the spread is less....

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (2 Mar 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: I am satisfied with progress on preparedness for a possible flu pandemic and with public health actions in response to a possible outbreak of avian flu in Ireland. For the sake of clarity, H5N1 avian flu is primarily a disease of birds. To date, there have been a very small number of human cases of H5N1 infection documented, in situations where there has been very close contact with infected...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Johnny Mythen: I raise the important issue of the winter flu vaccine in relation to the revelations this morning concerning the distribution of the vaccine. I was contacted by a local pharmacy group that represents pharmacies in the south east, particularly in County Wexford. Their problem seems to be the method of releasing the flu vaccine is not compatible with the quantities ordered. This is leaving...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (29 Mar 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: For the sake of clarity, avian flu, H5N1, is primarily a disease of birds. To date, there have been a very small number of human cases of H5N1 infection documented in situations where there has been very close contact with infected birds. There is no evidence of human to human transmission. The Department of Agriculture and Food is responsible for controlling avian flu in birds and mammals...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006) See 2 other results from this answer

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to date in 2006 to deal with the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu, or worse, a flu pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3089/06]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

James Reilly: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of swine flu vaccines purchased by the Health Service Executive; the cost of same; the number of swine flu vaccines administered to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25586/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (18 Oct 2011)

Michelle Mulherin: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health if any of the swine flu vaccines or winter flu vaccines have been withdrawn from use. [29940/11]

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Jimmy Harte: I will be opposing Senator Darragh O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business regarding the blue flu protest threat by gardaí. The blue flu was not invented this week or last week. It is a legacy of a previous Administration.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (15 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Very much so. People should get the flu vaccine, rather than the flu.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jan 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

James Browne: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the steps will he will take to ensure that the winter 'flu vaccine serves as the optimal vaccination protection in view of the recent 'flu epidemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4098/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to provide to poultry farms that have been affected by avian flu; the measures he will pursue to reduce instances of avian flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting local public health nurses to take bloods and administer the 'flu jab in the homes of elderly persons and especially those suffering from dementia (details supplied) in advance of the winter 'flu jab programme. [10848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Jul 2020)

David Cullinane: 296. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest further in a flu-vaccination programme in 2020; the extent of the additional funding; his views on a total population flu-vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

David Cullinane: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate stockpiles of the flu vaccine have been secured; the reason for the delay in securing these and rolling out the flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the flu vaccination programme in order that teachers can receive the flu vaccine free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33257/20]

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

Paul Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the free flu vaccine scheme to children up to 17 years of age in view of the relatively low rates of take-up of the nasal flu vaccine by children aged two to 12 years of age [42889/20]