Results 1-10 of 10 for flu speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...want to thank staff in the HSE and funded agencies who participate in the response to unscheduled and emergency care pressures and the challenges in that regard. The slow uptake of the Covid and flu vaccines was mentioned. Dr. Henry mentioned that one in ten people has immunosuppression issues. What are the categories for people who are immunosuppressed and what is your sense as to why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...The frustration and the biggest criticism for many people who are listening to these proceedings or who had someone sick, particularly over the Christmas and January period, is that we knew Covid, flu and the other virus - the witnesses themselves mentioned them - were going to be a big challenge, yet clearly the system was not able to cope. In many cases, hospitals were reconfigured...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...the booster, particularly for those who are immune compromised or older, is low. Are there any indications why that is happening? Is it just people being vaccine-wary? There was mention of the flu vaccine. Is it recommended that people get the two vaccines together? I have heard of people having this. Is there much of an impact on the individual's system when they get the two...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. To follow on with regard to the community nursing beds and the acute beds, a lot of the hospitals are facing a big challenge at the moment and we are only starting the flu season. It is not uncommon to increasingly see a huge number of ambulances outside hospitals. There is additional money in the winter plan and so on, but most of the hospitals are saying it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Crowe: The big concern is that we are not into the proper flu season yet but with the challenges emergency departments are going through at the moment, it looks like it will be a very difficult winter.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...vaccine, why it is safe and why it is necessary. I have heard anecdotal evidence of some healthcare professionals expressing doubts about the vaccine and even about the virus. Covid-19 is not a flu-like virus. One should ask the families of those who are fighting for their lives in ICU wards across the country about the virus, or ask Martin Ward, a nurse in University Hospital Galway...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: I have a number of questions but I will not have time to get into them today. Part of what we try to do here is reassure the public. We have heard this morning about the flu vaccine. Mr. Reid was talking in terms of minimising the impact of Covid on the cancer services and screening. In the final minute or two, he might expand on how that his happening. The big message people want to...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...spent, or misspent. I refer again to the man who wrote to me and the difficulties he is experiencing. No one would have foreseen the extent of the Covid pandemic but we had warning signs in previous years. Swine flu and bird flu caused health professionals to highlight the weaknesses in our system. Even the seasonal flu outbreaks caused major strain in our capacity to provide...

Written Answers — Avian Flu: Avian Flu (23 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of other countries stockpiling anti-viral drugs to combat a possible pandemic of A1 flu virus, the preparations which have been done by her Department and the Health Service Executive to ensure Ireland could cope with such a pandemic. [7533/06]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Crowe: Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken since 1 July 2005 to address the threatened avian flu pandemic; if further stocks of medicines to combat the threat have been ordered and when stocks already ordered will come on stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/05]