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Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...They must have the best possible protection as they face another uncertain winter of fighting this virus. On a separate but related matter, the Government has missed the opportunity to provide the flu vaccine free of charge to everyone this year. The Covid vaccine roll-out means we have the infrastructure in place and the institutional knowledge and experience to deliver such a...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...come to Ireland. There needs to be co-ordination across society and an indicative plan for healthcare. I hope we will be able to administer it a whole lot better than we are at giving out the flu vaccine because we need to dramatically improve our approach before we roll out the Covid vaccine. As a Dáil, we need to stand up to ill-informed anti-vaccine discourse more generally...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who in previous years received the flu jab are unable to obtain it in spite of Covid-19; his views on whether the decision to acquire only 20% more doses of the flu jab compared with 2019 was short-sighted given, for example, that the UK has sought to double the number of persons vaccinated in 2020;...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...that we are facing. I want to ask the Minister a series of questions in the first few minutes I have. Will he commit, as our party leader, Deputy Alan Kelly, has suggested, to providing the flu vaccine free of charge to everybody in the country? This would be a useful way to protect people from the flu virus and to ensure that our emergency departments are not inundated during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve a package of measures to support young persons with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated against swine flu with pandemrix; if he will engage with the representative of an organisation (details supplied) in advance of the approval of any package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/12]