Results 1-19 of 19 for flu speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: .../winter/how-to-stay-well-in -winter/www2.hse.ie/living-well/winter/advice-patients-with- chronic-conditions/www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/co vid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/ge tting-the-vaccine/www.hpsc.ie/publications/Protecting older or vulnerable patients and service users who may be at risk of abuse, harm, and neglect by others in the context of their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...appropriate to bring people from the community into a community nursing unit because believe it or not, we are still dealing with Covid-19 in those areas, as well as other respiratory illnesses and flu. The situation has changed. At a previous time, people could come in from the community. They were able to share the same dining rooms and the same sitting rooms. That is no longer...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...has faced significant challenges over the past number of years. It has been called on to respond to a global pandemic, and emergency departments faced the most challenging winter in recent years as a perfect storm flu, Covid and other respiratory diseases surged. The Independent Group’s motion quite rightly points to the challenges facing our acute hospitals. It is clear much...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: ...HPSC's websites at the following web addresses:www2.hse.ie/living-well/winter/how-to-stay-well-in -winter/.www2.hse.ie/living-well/winter/advice-patients-with -chronic-conditions/.www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/getting-the- vaccine/.www.hpsc.ie/publications/.Protecting older or vulnerable patients and service users who may be at risk of abuse, harm, and neglect by others in the context of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2023)

Mary Butler: ...as delays to elective care are being addressed as matters of priority. Deputy Leddin referred to the situation in the past few weeks and the perfect storm we had of three viruses: we had Covid, flu and RSV. We saw unprecedented overcrowding, and especially in University Hospital Limerick. As I have said, there has been, and there continues to be, substantial investment in the...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ...significantly increased demand. Attendances and admissions have both increased significantly above five-year averages. That is due to a combination of factors, including the circulation of RSV, flu, Covid and strep A. To ensure that our acute and community services are supported this winter, the HSE winter plan for 2022-23 represents investment of up to €169 million and includes...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...Attendances at all emergency department are hospitals have increased throughout the country. It is a very worrying trend so early in the winter. We are facing into the possibility of the winter flu and the vomiting bug. Luckily last year people did not present with those two conditions but already we are seeing the trends. Coupled with that, we are all conscious that more than 400...

Seanad: HSE Winter Plan: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...high and moderate levels of frailty to be cared for in their own homes. To facilitate this, 4.76 million additional home support hours are being provided for in the plan, at a cost of €139 million. A comprehensive flu vaccination programme is essential this winter. The HSE ordered approximately 1.35 million doses of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine as well as 600,000 doses of...

Seanad: HSE Winter Plan: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...of the winter plan but I will confine myself in my reply to addressing the questions that related to specific aspects of the plan. An issue raised by several speakers was the availability of the flu vaccine. I was in the Seanad on two occasions last week to address matters raised by Senators Keogan and Paul Daly in the Commencement debate. We had a very good debate in both instances. I...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...be challenging for our health and social care services. It is like a perfect storm. We are heading into the winter. We do not know what is coming. We could have the winter vomiting bug and the winter 'flu. We will have all our usual challenges with capacity, overcrowding and trolley numbers. Coupled with all that, we have Covid. Last week, I was delighted to launch the HSE winter...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...older persons and I am very conscious that this is International Day of Older Persons. This discussion is also timely as we face into a winter with Covid-19, the winter vomiting bug and the winter flu. I am delighted to be here to respond. We are all aware of the impact that Covid has had on our healthcare system and communities. In the coming winter months there will be additional...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: The 2020-21 influenza vaccination season will be the tenth year that pharmacists have been permitted to provide a vaccination service to patients on pharmacy premises. It is considered appropriate to build on the existing good practice and patient trust to further develop this service in order to meet the evolving healthcare needs of the public. The Senator is quite right that the community...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: ...and the Senator for their kind words. This is an important issue, and my answer almost follows on from the previous Commencement matter. I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Seasonal influenza poses a significant challenge to vulnerable patients, the healthcare system and, in particular, the hospital sector. That challenge has never been more pronounced than it is this year,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Mary Butler: As we know, influenza can be a serious illness for people in the at-risk groups, which can lead to hospitalisation and even death. To take on board the Senator's point again, the quantities of vaccines made available to sites will be increased in line with the amounts received into the country. I take on board the Senator's point, however, and I will bring it back to the Minister. When...

Priority Questions: Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Butler: ...this plan, with €200 million up to Christmas and €400 million thereafter. This will facilitate the commencement of priority measures from an operational perspective. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the live...

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

Mary Butler: ...is essential because we are facing into a winter when we will have Covid-19 patients and non-Covid-19 patients. Then we could have the normal winter surge, the winter vomiting bug and the winter flu. We all know about the issue of the late discharge of patients and the late transfer of care and the number of bed days lost as a result of that, which I have raised consistently for the past...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (23 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: ...seems obvious that we are possibly facing into a winter of discontent in the context of healthcare. We will have Covid and non-Covid healthcare issues and we will have the normal winter surge and the flu. If healthcare workers cannot get their leave restored so that they can take parental leave or annual leave, it seems that we will be sleepwalking off a cliff because we could be facing...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: .... Given the modest budget, the key test is delivery for the 549 people on trolleys yesterday, of whom 41 were in University Hospital Waterford. I shudder to think what the numbers will be like as the winter approaches, with the flu season kicking in and the surge in demand for hospital care. I welcome the allocation of €55 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. This...