Results 1-6 of 6 for flu speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...the need for more palliative care beds in his area. Also related to health services, Senator Buttimer asked for a debate on the winter plan and the looming event of the twin pandemic of Covid and flu which the HSE tells us we may face over the winter. Senator McGahon spoke about high-speed rail and the bravery it would take for the Government to look at a project that would not deliver...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...in all our communities. We must ensure to protect them as best we can and better than we did in March, April and May this year. There have been mixed messages from different parts of the health service on the flu vaccine and they are a bit difficult to understand I suppose. Sometimes vaccines seem to be missing and then they are not missing. We encourage parents to bring their children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...be additional aids and appliances to facilitate the discharge of people when they need to be discharged, as opposed to keeping them in hospital when they should not be there, and additional rapid flu testing kits and local PCR flu testing to reduce the length of stays, facilitate diagnosis and treatment of flu patients to reduce isolation demand, and reduce the impact of the outbreaks we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...the UK to have ratified this by 20 March, but for argument's sake - I hate saying things out loud because sometimes they come true - if it does not happen because, for example, everyone gets bird flu and is off for two weeks, and ratification cannot occur until 9 April, this legislation gives me the ability to pass, draft or sign a regulation which would allow us to continue to pay what we...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...also been addressed because it endured major stress because of the numbers calling us. It is now back to normal levels, although customers may still experience some delays owing to call volumes at particular times, perhaps during the flu season and so on. There was an increase in the number of claims for illness benefit in January, but it reflected the typical annual increase at...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Regina Doherty: ...Ireland in recent years, to return to our health service. We will start to see that bear fruit. There has been a noteworthy increase in the number of people presenting in emergency departments with respiratory problems and flu-like symptoms. Some of the key initiatives to address this include the rolling out of the winter resilience plans. Those concerned are working alongside the...