Results 1-20 of 26 for flu speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...nurses and consultant doctors across a range of specialties. The unions representing front-line medical staff have been raising this issue for years but it has not been addressed. The Government has rolled out the usual lines, including that the flu is responsible for the pressure on hospitals; how often have we heard that? We have had eight years of Government led by Fine Gael, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Animal Disease Controls (9 Mar 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...a period leading up to our engagement this afternoon during which there has been no recorded instances? How up to date or current are the recorded cases of bird deaths as a result of the avian flu?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 91. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the winter flu vaccine programme for the months ahead; the persons who will have free access; the promotional steps being employed; the research and steps that have been taken to ensure the appropriateness of the vaccine, given the non-match-up last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36366/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (21 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...are retained? What further steps is he taking in order to ensure that not only applications are received but that actual recruitment is the result? On the back of the situation regarding the flu vaccine revelations last Thursday, what steps are now being taken to ensure if it is at all possible that all hospital staff - despite the fact that the flu vaccine is not of the exact match for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...Question No. 636 of 21 January 2014, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Longford, the protocols that are in place to assess the medical impact and side effects of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix; the supports and assistance available for persons adversely affected by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is recognised as a sufferer of narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine Pandermix; if not, if he will ensure a rapid assessment and provide a date and time for same; if he will outline the range of supports available and the process for accessing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...the details of any engagement he has had or plans to have with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, regarding those children who were adversely affected by the administration of the flu vaccine drug Pandemrix and who are suffering as a consequence from the chronic sleep disorder known as narcolepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21767/13]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...for unauthorised use. It affects each of us as citizens and our families. There needs to be an immediate investigation into the granting by the previous Government of an absolute indemnity to GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of the swine 'flu vaccine, Pandemrix, which caused the sleeping disorder, narcolepsy, in a number of Irish children. When the Joint Committee on Health and...

Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking in response to the findings that the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix may be linked to narcolepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26439/11]

Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...have been identified by the HSE. What assistance does the State intend to provide for these children and their families, given that it is a direct result of the administration of the swine flu vaccine? The Minister said that discretionary medical cards will be provided on a temporary basis, but will he elaborate on that? Will all children in whom narcolepsy presents and where there is a...

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join with the Minister in stating that it is sad to note that anyone has fallen victim to swine flu. We convey our sympathies to the families concerned. When the Minister makes the point about more from less, will she not acknowledge that all we are seeing is more anguish, more stress for patients and front line service providers in our accident and emergency departments, and more people...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive is monitoring the effect of the swine flu outbreak in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39840/09]

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (5 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is monitoring the effect of the swine flu outbreak on schools; the assessment of the effect so far in terms of temporary closures; and the number of school days lost and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39841/09]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns expressed, both in the United States and in Britain, at the mercury content in the planned swine flu vaccine, same to be employed here; her reason for not following the lead given in the United States where a mercury free version of the vaccination is being produced that will be specifically targeted at pregnant...

Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Department of Health and Children officials for their briefing earlier today on the swine flu threat. A briefing such as this is always useful. However, there are grave and justifiable concerns, particularly given that primary care services will be the front line of address and we currently have a very low GP to population ratio and a poor and uneven roll-out of primary care...

Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the issue of swine flu?

Avian Flu. (6 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...Secretary, Ms Patricia Hewitt MP, has said that while the risk to human health is remote, the British Government is preparing "very, very seriously and thoroughly for the possibility of a pandemic flu". Should we prepare any less? The United Nations co-ordinator for human influenza and avian flu, David Nabarro, has highlighted the high number of cases of the disease throughout the world...

Poultry Sector. (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...clearly is currently suffering a significant downturn in terms of the market and the issue of consumer choice. This is reactive to the ongoing publicity and tension involved in the threat of avian flu coming to Ireland. Avian flu is not in Ireland. It is important that we use today's opportunity to say so. The points I want to make must be against the understanding that Irish chicken is of...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question concerns the free flu vaccine which has already been offered to those in the poultry sector. This was an initiative launched by the Tánaiste before Christmas. What level of proactivity was employed by the Department in promoting its uptake by those who are involved in the poultry sector and their families, as well as by those numerous categories of people who were listed in...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the take-up by persons involved directly or indirectly in the poultry industry of the free flu vaccine promotion aimed at their sector; the methods employed to promote awareness and take-up; the co-operation and resistance encountered; and if she will make a statement on the matter in view of...