Results 1-3 of 3 for flu speaker:Pa Daly

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Pa Daly: ...for three days in Limerick. Elective surgeries in UHK have been postponed since 15 December last. There has been a lack of surge capacity in that hospital for years. Whenever there is a winter flu or the hospital comes under any other pressure, such as the Covid pandemic, it is the elective surgeries that are put back. However, it is totally unacceptable that they have been out of...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pa Daly: ...in a timely manner and there is no administration staff to follow up on tests of concern. Surgery, orthopaedics and rheumatology are also affected, according to people who I spoke to. Winter and the flu season is coming and there also have been some Covid outbreaks. The impact of the flu is already being seen in paediatrics and management positions cannot be filled until the regional...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Pa Daly: Anyone could have predicted that there would be a major uptake in the winter flu vaccine programme this year. The Government's winter plan even committed to a large expansion the scheme. However, GPs in Kerry are contacting me to say that they cannot get their hands on the vaccine. They believe it might be arriving at the beginning of December, but they are not sure. They need clarity. I...