Results 1-14 of 14 for flu speaker:Feargal Quinn

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...children. I understand that statement was later withdrawn, but the doubts remain. These children developed narcolepsy, also known as the sleeping sickness, after being administered the Pandemrix flu vaccine some years ago. I spoke only yesterday to a family who are very concerned by the confusing message from the HSE and the implications for their child. This is the type of issue to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...a doctor. One can go to the pharmacy and pick up the medicine there. It is good news that the Minister will announce later that steps are being taken here in that direction this year and I gather flu jabs will be available in pharmacies later this year without the need for a doctor's prescription. However, they will have to be paid for, including by medical card holders. I am sure...

Seanad: EU Council Decision: Motion (26 Nov 2009)

Feargal Quinn: ...cigarettes or drugs is in serious danger of damaging his or her health. Cigarettes will damage one anyway but these will be even more damaging. I learned recently that a counterfeit swine flu vaccine is being sold on the Internet. I do not know how easy it will be to combat that. The steps the Minister of State has taken are very worthy but we are unlikely to be able to cover all the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Feargal Quinn: ...has put in place a seven-day quarantine in respect of anyone visiting the United States. I understand that later today the World Health Organisation may upgrade its alert in respect of swine flu - the H1N1 virus - to level 6. This should act as a reminder to us to keep our eyes on the ball with regard to a possible pandemic. The problem has not gone away and we must continue to monitor...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...classes in both French and Irish are to be congratulated on the arrangements that have been made. I was in France yesterday and I was impressed to see a number of signs in the airport about avian flu. I read an article by Muiris Houston in The Irish Times yesterday which drew attention to the fact that there is concern about this issue in America. The World Health Organisation has said...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Feargal Quinn: ...her to go into a nursing home and later for her house to be sold. I did that without any authority. The lady should have been made a ward of court and it may well have been that I could have influenced the President of the High Court. I did not realise that I was acting without the legal authority to do so. The situation lasted for some time. There must be many others like me who did...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

Feargal Quinn: I do not wish to be a scaremonger but a report published yesterday on the preparedness in the United Kingdom, United States and Holland for a flu pandemic would frighten the wits out of anyone. It hypothesises 21 million cases in two weeks in Britain alone and 100,000 deaths. I assume our Department of Health and Children is prepared somewhat for such an event.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...me two swallows had just arrived in his garden for the beginning of the migratory season. It is a reminder that this is the time of bird migration. Therefore, when Senator Brian Hayes spoke of bird flu in Scotland, I was surprised to hear that the dead swan in Scotland was found one week ago, although this was just announced today. We should not be scaremongering about this issue but we...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...have been forecasting, while also planning for the opposite eventuality, that our economy is struck by a downturn, driven in part by the ways in which the world changes or by something like bird flu or SARS. We need to plan, regardless of whether the crystal ball gazers are right. The tragedy for this country, which given our recent history is not unlikely, would be if we failed to plan...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...draw the attention of the Minister for Health or the Minister for Agriculture and Food, whichever is responsible, to the announcement from the World Health Organisation the other day that bird flu does not present a problem if chickens are cooked? We have a thriving poultry industry here, but throughout Europe there has been a drop of 20% in the consumption of poultry. This is a threat to...

Seanad: Animal Diseases: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Feargal Quinn: ...Minister of State to the House and I also welcome the Acting Chairman, whom I have not seen in the Chair previously. I asked for the debate last week because I had read an article about the avian flu and I was jolted by the statistics reported in it. I visited Thailand in February 2004 to speak at a food business conference. The issue of avian flu was high on the agenda but we were talking...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Oct 2005)

Feargal Quinn: The World Health Organisation can rarely be accused of scaremongering. Yesterday it criticised the lack of international co-operation in preparing for the avian flu and the serious risk that it may become pandemic. This does not merely affect birds, it affects humans. The World Health Organisation has compared it to what happened in 1918 when a flu swept the world and killed millions of...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Feargal Quinn: ...but there is a concern we believe is worthy of consideration. The Minister touched on the idea of an epidemic or a threat to the national herd. I was in Asia last year during the outbreak of avian flu. It was frightening to see what could happen and the help that would be needed to deal with such an outbreak. That is the Minister's point. I want to ensure that while we are scared of such...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...the Harvard School of Public Health. While quite frightening, they are also a reminder that we can do something about the issues outlined. One relates to the danger of an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu and the possibility of a pandemic. The Harvard School of Public Health and the World Health Organisation suggest that such a pandemic could cause 7 million deaths, but we can do something about...