Results 1-20 of 22 for flu speaker:Mattie McGrath

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...HSE was going to put in Covid patients. It beggars belief that he would give that kind of answer. If there were the potential for cross-contamination from patients with normal illnesses such as flu or whatever, surely to God we needed much more space and care in order that Covid would not be transmitted to other people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., which will not be happening. The fifth roster is coming back in on 6 November. The GRA is meeting in emergency session this morning and we are facing a crisis. I remember the Garda Síochána blue 'flu in 1998, and we do not want that again. Gardaí have to act and I and the Rural Independent Group have full confidence in An Garda Síochána but we have...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...questions. We have many of them in many areas. They have brass plates on the walls and fancy offices but they do very little regulation. This is what I fear is what happens. They are like a flu the way they expanding. They are mushrooming. The regulatory authority will mandate safeguards to counter problem gambling and ensure the protection of children. Most importantly, it will...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...the age of 12 and carers. It provides an extension of the current entitlement to breastfeeding lactation breaks for six months or two years. Regularly - I am sure it is the same in most Deputies' offices - my grandchildren get colds or flu. One of them, little Orlaith, was sick during the night. Bhí sí tinn. Granny is stepping in this morning, doing a great job today until 3...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...the Chair that we receive answers to our questions in writing. I never got answers when I asked questions here. I have asked the Minister five times here about the roll-out of the vaccine for the flu. Only 1.4 million of the 2 million available could be accounted for. I want an answer in writing. The UK has 20 million vaccinated, including 600,000 vaccinated in Northern Ireland....

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...administered 12.6 million vaccines, which they acquired from outside the EU. We are patting ourselves on the back that we have 350,000 or so people vaccinated. I am tired of asking the Minister about the flu vaccination programme that was rolled out late last summer, because he will not answer my question. I asked him in November, three weeks ago and again this morning to tell me...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...Deputy O'Dowd was lecturing us here about how well the Government is performing and how good it is. The vaccine has been rolled out to the equivalent population of one county. I put it to the Minister last November that 2 million flu vaccines had been bought but the Department could only account for 1.4 million. I asked the Minister to prove me wrong on that. How are we going to be fit...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Several months ago, I asked the Minister about the roll-out of the flu vaccine. I put it to him that 2 million doses had been supplied but the Government could only account for 1.4 million of them. I ask him to provide me with an answer in writing, stating whether that was right or wrong. I asked how we were going to be prepared to roll out the Covid vaccine, given the number of vaccines...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...been mentioned here as being first for the vaccine. The nursing homes have been treated appallingly. People were sent in by the HSE who had the vaccine. We are told that there were 2 million doses of the flu vaccine. Some 1.4 million doses have been accounted for, which means that 600,000 doses are missing. The HSE has been asked to make a statement in response to these different...

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...should use technology like drones. What we need is support for the farmers and the communities. Teachers are in schools with classes of 30. I have an email from a teacher whose son is a type 2 diabetic. She says he has had flu three times in the past month, with open windows in schools. We are forcing the schools to stay open. What happened to the teacher in Claremorris is nothing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Medical Certificates (26 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...was brought it in through the health regulations. This issue needs to be dealt with. It is a very important scheme for people who fall ill or become disabled. I am not talking about getting the flu or Covid; I am talking about physical disability. I know what I am talking about and the Minister does too. There is no point being flippant about it. We want definite dates for this...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...under Level 5 restrictions; (19) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss the provision of affordable housing at the glass bottle site in Ringsend; (20) Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú - to discuss the availability of the flu vaccine for persons at risk; (21) Deputy Matt Carthy - to discuss the exclusion of farmers' representative groups from the technical advisory committee on the grass...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...for 30 years. Thankfully, due to issues in Poland and other countries, it is doing well now but MII and the meat industry bringing in shipments from these areas adjacent to an outbreak of swine 'flu, which wiped out herds of pigs, is reckless. Are we sleepwalking in that regard? What is the Department doing? Farmers are persecuted every day with the burden of regulation. Many pig...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There are major concerns in the pig industry here about imported pork and other products coming from areas close to where there is swine flu. Have we proper checks in our ports and airports by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in this regard? This is a deadly serious virus and it could be worse than foot and mouth disease for the pig industry. The pig industry is our third...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I would say Deputy Dooley got the flu vaccine. He is all right. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should not worry.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...beef going into the factory. It left. Three weeks later another lorry came and we were told it was a load of pork. That lorry was followed because bringing in pork from Poland is dangerous due to swine flu and other infections. That would have been devastating. Everyone at the gates was filmed by powerful cameras all day and night. As if that was not bad enough, some of the lads came...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...penalties lying down. These issues point to massive levels of disruption up ahead. We know that if the UK economy is hit, we will suffer badly. As I always say, if England catches a cold, we get the flu. The UK is our nearest trading partner. Many Irish people live there and many of our businesses are intertwined. If Italy enters a severe debt crisis, the entire European economy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the emergence of a link between pandemrix and narcolepsy in children that were administered the swine flu vaccination; when his attention was first drawn to the fact that the issue was a matter of concern; the steps he has taken to address those concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35862/18]

Government Response to Salisbury Attack: Statements (27 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...and back to European states and around the world meeting people to discuss the ominous train coming down the tracks in the form of Brexit. At the first whiff of a sneeze from the UK, we all catch flu and say we have to jump into bed with it. We all agree that an unwarranted attack on the sovereign soil of an independent nation such as the UK is an issue of grave concern but we can mind...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...there. We can access the evidence of the tragic loss of life that happened so unfortunately. In my county, I recently attended the funeral of a man in his 40s who died from sepsis. There are dozens of them in this country, more this year than ever, with the serious incidences of flu that took place. The story of Ms Halappanavar is used that all the time. Deputy Adams spoke about...