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Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Michael McNamara: What is the situation regarding the flu virus this year? Does the Minister anticipate that the flu will come here? If it is not here, why is that the case? Is it because people have behaved reasonably responsibly?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to manage any outbreak of the flu in 2022, including the use of flu vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken any research into the avian flu HPAI; if the flu poses a risk to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccine doses distributed by the HSE for flu for the 2022-2023 winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: 958. To ask the Minister for Health if he explored extending the flu programme to the 50-64-year-old group first, rather than examining the benefits of an enhanced flu vaccine for the 65+ cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/23]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (1 Nov 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the overall cost of the flu vaccine; the uptake in 2005 and to date in 2006; if there was a drop in the rates of flu as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35460/06]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (17 Jun 2010)

Noel Ahern: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position regarding special teams set up last year to deal with the swine flu outbreak; the level of staff involved in these teams at their highest point; the staff that are still involved; when they will be disbanded; the person who must give the order or direction to wind down or disband in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jim O'Keeffe: ...the Minister for Health and Children if enough doctors have been hired in accident and emergency departments in hospitals throughout the country to deal effectively with the increase in seasonal flu and swine flu cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1440/11]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (9 May 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie O'Dea: ...on Emergency Planning were specifically convened to provide the various Government Department representatives with updated briefings from the Department of Agriculture and Food with regard to avian flu and from the Department of Health and Children with regard to a possible human influenza pandemic. The Inter-Departmental Working Group on Emergency Planning is due to meet again on the 18th...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006) See 3 other results from this debate

Liz McManus: ...who are between 66 and 70 years' old and who are above the medical card threshold find that it is the luck of the draw as to whether their doctor charges them. Some are deterred from getting the flu vaccine because their doctors sometimes charge them the full amount. Surely the Minister accepts that it would actually be cost-effective to ensure that the group in question can have the flu...

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

Denis Naughten: 1191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of flu vaccines that the HSE plans to procure for the forthcoming flu season; his plans to make the vaccine mandatory subject to medical advice for any cohort of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20049/20]

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

Mary Upton: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on the latest new estimates from experts for the expected numbers of persons that may become infected with avian flu; her Department's plans to deal with avian flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35492/06]

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I do not think pleading the flu injection is satisfactory with regard to what the Senator may or may not say. It seems to me that it is an abdication of responsibility if he is citing the flu injection for some rambling he has already indicated he may be minded to pursue.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (18 Oct 2005) See 6 other results from this answer

Bernard Durkan: Question 348: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which it is intended to distribute the stocks of anti-flu virus drugs available to her in the event of an outbreak of avian flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29519/05]

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

Alan Kelly: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to increase the uptake for the flu vaccine the 2020-21 winter season; if his Department has prepared analysis into the costing of providing the flu vaccine to all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23652/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the typical flu shot available here is a trivalent vaccine in view of the fact that increasingly common Yanmagata B strain is not protected against by this vaccine; and if he or the HSE plan to move to a quadrivalent vaccine before the 2018 flu season. [6383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of new vaccines in Ireland and to keep abreast of changes in the patterns of disease. Therefore, the immunisation schedule will continue to be amended over time. During the 2022/2023 flu season, the flu vaccine is available free of charge to adults over 65 years, individuals in specified at-risk groups and children aged from 2 to 17 years of age. This programme ensures that those most...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jim Daly: ...incredible efforts to get to work. I accept the Deputy's point but we must have contingency planning for particularly extreme events, which cannot be quantified year on year. In regard to the flu vaccine for healthcare staff, there has been renewed effort this year to encourage staff to get this vaccine. We cannot stress enough the importance of healthcare staff getting this...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (26 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the updated plan to deal with a 'flu pandemic; if she agrees with Mr. Kevin Kelleher of the Health Service Executive that the health service could not cope with a serious 'flu pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15402/06]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of new vaccines in Ireland and to keep abreast of changes in the patterns of disease. Therefore, the immunisation schedule will continue to be amended over time. During the 2023/2024 flu season, the flu vaccine has been available free of charge to adults over 65 years, individuals in specified at-risk groups and children aged from 2 to 17 years of age. This programme ensures that those...