Results 1-20 of 24 for flu speaker:Mary Upton

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Mary Upton: We have just been told by the Department of Health and Children that 400,000 people here are at risk from swine flu. We have been waiting since last April to get a vaccine and that vaccine has now been produced. Could someone tell us when that vaccine will be made available to those at risk? The HSE tells us to ask the immunisation centre, which tells us to go the local GP, who then says...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (20 Nov 2008)

Mary Upton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the yearly flu vaccination for Health Service Executive staff; the rate of uptake for this staff vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42041/08]

Written Answers — Animal Carcase Disposal: Animal Carcase Disposal (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she proposes to dispose of the carcasses of poultry ordered to be destroyed due to its possible infection with avian flu; if such carcasses will be transported to Germany for incineration; the facilities that exist at present here for the incineration of such carcasses; if such facilities as exist at present here have the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision that has been made in the event of an avian related human flu pandemic to control exit and ingress from Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: ...public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the serious implications for the Irish poultry industry and human health of the discovery in England of an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu which has led to the slaughter of almost 160,000 turkeys at a farm in Suffolk, and the need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline the steps she has taken or plans to take to...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (1 Feb 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emerging planning to prepare for the anticipated arrival of avian flu here; the outcome of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2809/07]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Upton: ...the Minister for Health and Children the scientific basis used to underpin the decision not to stockpile face masks for use by members of the general public in the event of an outbreak of avian flu related human influenza in view of the fact that droplet and aerosol transmission are the most effective ways of spreading influenza and only face masks are capable of preventing such...

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

Mary Upton: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doses of Tamiflu and Relenza and the number and type of face masks the Government has stockpiled for use in the event of an outbreak of avian related human flu. [40005/06]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (1 Nov 2006)

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]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (7 Jun 2006)

Mary Upton: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her understanding of the powers that exist to restrict the free movement of people out of and into Ireland in the event of a serious outbreak of avian flu in view of the paragraph on travel restrictions on page 19 of the European Union's Final Report on A Pandemic Influenza Exercise for the European Union; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (3 May 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if caged birds recently reported to have been illegally imported into the country have been tested for avian flu or other contagious diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16149/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Apr 2006)

Mary Upton: ...the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline the steps she is taking to prepare for the arrival of avian flu, following the death of a swan in Scotland suspected to be caused by the deadly H5N1 virus, and the need for the Government to take a more proactive role in this regard to protect public safety.

Written Answers — Importation of Birds: Importation of Birds (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: ...277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the additional resources which have been put in place to address the risks arising from the import of caged or exotic birds as they relate to avian flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7236/06]

Written Answers — Importation of Birds: Importation of Birds (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Upton: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the imports of caged birds here since the extended controls were applied in relation to avian flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7239/06]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (15 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding measures taken or proposed to protect against the spread of avian flu here, having regard not just to the threat to the avian population but also the dangers to humans; if additional measures are planned arising from the discovery of the virus in an imported bird in Britain; if her Department is responsible for...

Animal and Plant Diseases. (15 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: ...the role of the Department of Agriculture and Food in this area, my question relates to the need for an overall co-ordinating biosecurity unit. This was prompted by the concerns surrounding avian flu and its implications for public health, trade, foreign travel and agriculture. Who will take the lead in setting up a co-ordinating biosecurity unit? If someone has a broad question, to which...

Animal and Plant Diseases. (15 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: I appreciate legislation is in place, but legislation alone will not be adequate when it is widely known the facility exists for micro-organisms to jump the species barrier. Avian flu is a classic example of where it affects not only poultry but also pigs and it is a risk to human health. We can have as much legislation as we want, but much of what exists is not enforced the way it should be,...

Animal Diseases. (4 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to protect against the spread of avian flu here, having regard not just to the threat to the avian population but also the dangers to humans; if any assessment has been done of the dangers of the flu spreading from migratory birds; if she will improve the monitoring of foodstuffs coming here, especially...

Animal Diseases. (4 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: The recent warning from the World Health Organisation contained a staggering statistic of the probability of between 5 million and 150 million projected deaths from a 'flu pandemic and this warning should be heeded by all. I appreciate the important role to be played by the Minister's Department and the perhaps more significant role to be played by the Department of Health and Children....

Animal Diseases. (4 Oct 2005)

Mary Upton: What specific advice on this matter has been given to the poultry industry? If there was an outbreak of avian flu, it would have economic consequences for that industry and a subsequent impact on human health.