Results 1-4 of 4 for flu speaker:Paul Donnelly

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: .... It is completely understandable that there will be emergencies and pressures at times. There will be times when the hospital is overcrowded due to certain circumstances, whether it be a flu epidemic or respiratory issues. However, this is not something that happened in January or February 2024 or December 2023. In 2018, in an article in the Irish Independent, the current Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of childhood flu vaccines distributed by GPs, pharmacists and walk in clinics in the winter of 2023-2024 period.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5533/24]

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

Paul Donnelly: ...They are confused. We have had seven long months of this. There was an opportunity over the summer, when the number of new cases daily was down to fewer than ten. We knew there was going to be a flu season and that people would go back indoors because of winter. There are now more than 1,000 people per day testing positive for Covid. What did the Government not do? It did not recruit...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...." That is really critical as we move forward because that community has been really affected during the Covid crisis. I have one other question around vaccines. Are there any plans to make the flu vaccine free for all citizens to take pressure off the services if a second wave materialises? I was talking to a health official last night and one of the official's big concerns is...