Results 1-5 of 5 for flu speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Butler and Rabbitte, in regard to disability services that a lot of services will get funding, although I note it was mentioned earlier there is nothing much in the plan in regard to disability services. The flu vaccine was mentioned. We will be living with Covid for a long time and we are heading into the winter, which will be a difficult time for young and old. We are living in a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card patients are being charged €20 for a flu vaccine, which is meant to be free in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26442/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine is being added to the school vaccination programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/20]
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... We must examine that. We all probably got a fright when we saw today that, globally, over 1 million people have died with Covid-19. We are approaching the winter months. Everybody is trying to get the flu vaccine. My mother is elderly and she has got the vaccine. I realise we must prioritise, but we face many different challenges with the winter coming. Among the issues we will...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...time during which the focus has been on protecting lives. We, as Members of the Oireachtas, have to be very careful that we put people's health and lives first. As we head into the cold and flu season, there is some confusion as to whether we are going into a second wave of Covid infections. The witnesses may have heard the discussion on the radio this morning where we were told that...