Results 1-4 of 4 for flu speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...it would be so challenging. At the beginning of the pandemic, we had limited information. If we looked at it objectively, we would be able to look at history and the experience of the Spanish flu from 1918 to 1920. We would note that the Spanish flue went on for two years and there were four waves. Although the pandemic has gone on longer than any of us would have hoped, we are in a...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is very important that we all remember that pandemics end. The Spanish flu ended, the black plague ended and the Covid-19 pandemic will end as well. The important thing for policymakers and politicians such as us is to ensure that we keep in place the fundamental structures in society while this very difficult period proceeds. The Minister's responsibility is to ensure that public...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to have a broad perspective that this is a disease that will be with us and we will not be able to eliminate it, in the same way as we have not been able to eliminate other diseases such as the flu, even though we have a vaccine for it. It is always important when discussing how the country is coping with the virus that we do not concentrate exclusively on the cases. As we know,...

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to deal with. If people in this House think they are exposed to unprecedented challenges, let us think of what our forefathers and foremothers went through 100 years ago, when, during the time of the Spanish flu, they were able to fight for and achieve Irish independence.