Results 1-9 of 9 for flu speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...is wrong and is absolutely morally unacceptable. We must examine that proposal in greater detail. Some 70% of people who are in nursing homes suffer from dementia. Dementia is not like the flu - here today and gone tomorrow - it gets progressively worse. I know of many people who are broken-hearted looking after a family member at home as the dementia proceeds and increasingly...

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?

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

Fergus O'Dowd: ..., because these people are known with known addresses. The Garda should call and ask them, in the interests of public health, to turn up. The second question I have relates to the uptake of the flu vaccine, as well as to the certainty of the return of flu and the probable return of Covid-19. From my reading of what the witnesses gave us, the rate of take-up in the HSE is 44%, which is...

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

Fergus O'Dowd: I hear everything Dr. Sisson is saying but I am not hearing enough about outcomes. If we have an outbreak of Covid-19 again in the autumn, coupled with the flu, it will be an appalling vista in our hospitals and especially our accident and emergency departments. The HSE perhaps needs to consult with all of us, the Oireachtas, the Government and everybody to ensure that there is a huge...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...a residential place for him. In view of all the points the witnesses have made and that we are making here, how do we ensure there is action? The situation may well be exacerbated by the flu that is on its way and perhaps by a return of the coronavirus. We need a plan. One of the witnesses referred earlier to everybody getting together. Is there a forum through which we can insist on...

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

Fergus O'Dowd: ...into Ireland through the South are required to. There are serious ambiguities. My next question addresses a key point. I agree with Professor Mallon about the problem being exacerbated by the flu if there is a return of the pandemic. What should we do in terms of the flu vaccine? Should it be mandatory and available to everybody free of charge or should health workers, older people...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...the private and public nursing homes sector, but we need to do more. I am not happy that we are doing enough. My next question is because of Dr. De Gascun's professional knowledge. I presume the flu vaccine should be administered to all people who work in congregated settings. There is the question of face masks for people in older age groups. Yesterday, the WHO recommended that people...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...that to €120, which they must pay. We should examine the case of a person or family that has to get that amount of medicine in any one calendar month. These are not people who suffer from flu or a minor ailment. In many cases, they are seriously ill. They are cancer patients, heart patients and people with kidney problems, whose lives are held by a thread through the medicine they...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (6 May 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken at airports, ports and all other points of entry into the State in relation to screening for the swine flu influenza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17529/09]