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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is important to note that excess mortality has been observed during previous periods when influenza viruses circulated at high levels in Ireland, for example in winter 2017/2018 which has previously been characterised as a severe flu season, and during certain periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Ireland experienced a winter of high levels of influenza cases and hospitalisations, it would...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (11 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to HPSC on a daily basis from the General Register Office (GRO). HPSC participates in EuroMOMO for Ireland, a European mortality monitoring activity, aiming to detect and measure excess deaths related to seasonal influenza, pandemics and other public health threats. EuroMOMO publish a weekly update of estimates of excess mortality for all participating European countries...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to predict, pandemic preparedness plans or pandemic response registers must be risk-based and flexible in order to enable an appropriate and proportionate response. My Department’s Pandemic Influenza Plan was published in 2007 and was the subject of a detailed review, conducted on foot of the Departmental and HSE response to the 2009/10 Swine Flu Pandemic in 2013. Additional work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Jul 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Duncan Smith: 634. To ask the Minister for Health whether the national children’s flu vaccine programme will continue to be free of charge for the 2–17 age group for the 2023/2024 flu season; whether there are any plans to change age eligibility for the free scheme for the coming season; the rationale for any such proposed change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32491/23]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (22 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: ...under the community drug scheme has continued to rise year on year.The State has also paid for additional services provided by community pharmacists, including administering the Covid-19 and flu vaccinations and participating in the free contraception scheme, which was launched in September 2022. This demonstrates the substantial investment made by the Government to ensure community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of COVID-19 vaccination fees were paid to pharmacists. Broken down this was €16.47 million in respect of vaccination fees, plus €6.04 million in administration fees.€7.55 million was paid to community pharmacists for administering flu vaccinations. €4.32 million was paid to community pharmacists for participating in the contraception scheme which launched in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (15 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of COVID-19 vaccination fees were paid to pharmacists. Broken down this was €16.47 million in respect of vaccination fees, plus €6.04 million in administration fees.€7.55 million was paid to community pharmacists for administering flu vaccinations. €4.32 million was paid to community pharmacists for participating in the contraception scheme which launched in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...(2021), and internal legal advice (2022), that it is incumbent on the State to protect public health and safety from the officially recognised threats that are posed by seabirds nationally (Avian Flu), and rapidly expanding urban seagull colonies; and if he does so accept, can he state when will effective control measures be announced, how they will be deployed and, in particular, whether...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (1 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: .... We have met the IPU and spoken to pharmacists around the country. I tasked the Department with putting together a package of enhanced practice for pharmacists. That includes minor ailments, flu, access to contraception, medicine shortage protocols to enable pharmacists to substitute medications, and so forth. We have a group that is looking at medicines one by one to say which of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 May 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the specific new steps his Department is taking to protect the most at-risk age cohorts in Ireland against influenza, in light of the excess mortality recorded in the most recent winter flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26185/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Colm Burke: .... I will open with the issue of long-term planning. I raised the matter yesterday at the private meeting about the winter plan for last year when we had significant challenges dealing with the flu. My understanding is that the Department has now requested HIQA to examine the roll-out of enhanced flu vaccination. When is the health technology assessment, HTA, report going to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...appropriate to bring people from the community into a community nursing unit because believe it or not, we are still dealing with Covid-19 in those areas, as well as other respiratory illnesses and flu. The situation has changed. At a previous time, people could come in from the community. They were able to share the same dining rooms and the same sitting rooms. That is no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (23 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a daily basis from the General Register Office (GRO). HPSC continues to participate in EuroMOMO for Ireland, a European mortality monitoring activity, aiming to detect and measure excess deaths related to seasonal influenza, pandemics and other public health threats. The HPSC provide an update on estimated excess mortality in their Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report. The latest analysis...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael McNamara: ...the Minister of State pointed to the perfect storm over the winter with the Minister of State stating, "Emergency departments faced the most challenging winter in recent years as a perfect storm of flu, Covid and other respiratory diseases surged." However, on Monday of this week, when I am told we had the lowest number of persons with Covid and when there was no great outbreak of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and governance measures: - Predicting the likelihood of TB outbreaks. - Image Analysis of crop claimed under CAP schemes. - Image analysis for identifying species susceptible to H5N1 (Bird flu). - Customer Segmentation analysis for developing Agri-Food policies. - Analysis for identifying risk factors for Microbial Food Safety. - Smart Text analysis to prevent and contain data breaches. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: ...HPSC's websites at the following web addresses:www2.hse.ie/living-well/winter/how-to-stay-well-in -winter/.www2.hse.ie/living-well/winter/advice-patients-with -chronic-conditions/.www2.hse.ie/conditions/flu/getting-the- vaccine/.www.hpsc.ie/publications/.Protecting older or vulnerable patients and service users who may be at risk of abuse, harm, and neglect by others in the context of...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

John Lahart: ...on from that. I referred once or twice in the health committee during the Covid period to a great book called Stacking the Coffins, which is not a very positive title. It is about the Spanish flu pandemic and its impact in Ireland. One of the author's findings was that the failure to commemorate or mark what happened in a significant way meant the impact of the Spanish flu crisis was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...vaccinations, digitally enabling the reimbursement of GPs as an integral part of the data submission for the vaccination. This capability was subsequently extended to support the administration of flu vaccines last winter, eliminating much of the administration overhead associated with the older, paper based process. In recent years we have also seen the introduction of electronic sick...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Immunisation Programme in Ireland, which includes the influenza immunisation programme, is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. NIAC make recommendations on vaccination policy to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: ...would push forward the role pharmacists play in this country. Pharmacists are totally underutilised in relieving the pressures on the front line, particularly in general practice. Of all the flu vaccines administered last year, 30% were given in pharmacies. That percentage could be much higher and, in addition, there are many other vaccines and tests pharmacists could administer. A...