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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...-19. From April 2022, certificates were also required for Covid where previously HSE evidence had been accepted, which led to a further increase in submissions. It is expected that seasonal illnesses such as flu, in addition to Covid-19, will lead to further increases for the remainder of the year.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Nov 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...on trolleys exceed the number in the entirety of 2021. Halfway through November, 767 people have been treated on trolleys. As I am sure the Minister of State is aware, Covid-19 and seasonal flu presentations will put additional pressure on staff at UHL. Record numbers are being treated on trolleys, and high numbers are presenting to the emergency department. None of this is new to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...demand on acute hospitals in terms of bed capacity and increased length of stay. The Health Protection and Surveillance Centre, HPSC, has advised of increasing notifications and hospitalisations of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, cases at an earlier point in the winter period than previous pre-pandemic winters. The incidence rates of such seasonal illness are likely to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 1049. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the current influenza season in the southern hemisphere, with Australia facing its worst flu season in five years, the steps he has in mind for this jurisdiction for the flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (8 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;s website 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/  Protecting older or vulnerable patients and service users who may be at risk of abuse, harm, and neglect by others in the context of their interactions with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on public health warnings in relation to the persistent avian 'flu' and if he is aware of best practice on this matter (details supplied). [55438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1264 to 1267, inclusive, together. My Department’s primary function in relation to Avian Influenza (AI) is to help protect and control outbreaks of the disease in poultry and captive birds. My Department monitors the avian influenza disease situation in wild birds to inform the risks presented to poultry and captive birds. To this end, this Department...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...There has been a very substantial increase in core funding for the health service. The Minister has published an initiative to deal with this winter. There are concerns about a combination of a flu outbreak and a return of the Covid virus, which could cause very significant difficulties with regard to admissions to hospital. That is why there has been a stronger focus on primary care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Farrell: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the winter flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (18 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

Louise O'Reilly: ...To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the warnings to the general public posted on his Department/NPWS’s website concerning the current, persistent avian flu outbreak (details supplied) and specifically with regard to the warnings about risks from faecal waste from wild birds, if he is satisfied that these publications provide sufficient...

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

John Lahart: ...final question on Covid, to which Deputies Ward and Hourigan referred. I referred previously, albeit in a different context, to a great book written by Dr. Ida Milne on the history of the Spanish flu in Ireland. One of her conclusions, which she laments, is that the Spanish flu occurred in a period of revolution towards the end of the First World War and people did not want to know or...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...the age of 12 and carers. It provides an extension of the current entitlement to breastfeeding lactation breaks for six months or two years. Regularly - I am sure it is the same in most Deputies' offices - my grandchildren get colds or flu. One of them, little Orlaith, was sick during the night. Bhí sí tinn. Granny is stepping in this morning, doing a great job today until 3...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: There is a very real threat to the health system in the coming months. The possibility of twindemic between Covid and flu has the potential to overwhelm emergency departments and hospitals. At the moment, there are 500 people on trolleys in emergency departments, including a number of family members of mine whose experience was criminal - criminal that people who have worked all their lives...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: ...their priorities and working to live as opposed to living to work. The quiet in their working lives brought about by the pandemic made them realise that much of their working life is superfluous or busyness for its own sake. As a culture, we sometimes put busyness on a pedestal where people try to outdo themselves saying how they worked through pneumonia or the flu and looking for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ...is an issue with bed capacity in our public hospitals, whether we like it or not. The second point I would make as part of the debate is that we are, we are told, looking at a twindemic of Covid and flu again this year. I encourage and ask all Members of the House to support the HSE's campaigns on the booster for Covid and the flu vaccine. It is important we support the HSE on both those...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...I live, turf is very important for keeping people warm during the winter. The arguments made were all about air quality, but if people end up with no heat in their houses, there will be a lot of flu, pneumonia and chest infections. I think it is important that if we are changing rules we do not change them until we actually have the alternatives in place. One of the big things that is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of the increase in overcrowding in our emergency departments in recent weeks. We are concerned going into winter, with Covid cases rising again and the risk of a flu season, that our hospitals could be extremely busy. With that in mind, the Minister for Health and the HSE have developed a winter plan and there will be bespoke plans for particular hospitals and regions. That is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...suits. What has been done now because I would not like to see the country caught again? Because of international travel now, the world is a smaller place. I am not an expert on this but the Spanish flu became an epidemic mainly in Europe. It did not travel as far and travelled more slowly. Many of us thought that perhaps Africa would be very badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic but...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...of a case or of an illness. There is no doubt that hospitals are under great deal of pressure at the moment because of Covid-19, its aftershocks, and what will be a difficult winter with an anticipated flu and waves of Covid-19. I appeal to people to get vaccinated and to get both the Covid-19 vaccine and the flu vaccine. This is vital in the prevention of getting sick yourself but also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...and worsening situation at Sligo University Hospital, SUH, regarding the numbers on trolleys and waiting for beds. There is no shortage of statistics thanks to Trolley Watch. While numbers fluctuate day on day, if we look at the trends, we will see what is happening. If we look at this year, from January to August, we see that compared with all other hospitals, SUH started off in...