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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...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Paul Reid: It is early stages. It continues to be slow and we have concerns about it. From next Monday we will launch a campaign on the flu and getting the booster with the new vaccine that is available. We are strengthening our communications on it. We have seen a slower uptake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Mr. Paul Reid: We see a value for them in this regard. As the Deputy mentioned, they more than demonstrated their value in the vaccination programmes. They play a key role in flu vaccination programmes. Not all of them participate, but we would like to see more of them participating and we are encouraging more of them to do so. We see them as part of the primary care service we provide.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Strict biosecurity remains the number one preventative measure to the introduction of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) into poultry and captive bird flocks. On Monday 19thinst. I introduced regulations under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 requiring flock keepers to apply specific biosecurity measures against HPAI, irrespective of flock size. These measures apply to all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken any research into the avian flu HPAI; if the flu poses a risk to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department’s primary function in relation to Avian Influenza is to help protect and to 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. My Department carries out Avian Influenza surveillance testing throughout the year in wild birds to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

...by the executive management team. We will have people on trolleys but I hope the number will be far less than heretofore. Winter is coming and I do not know what will happen with Covid or flu. All we can do is respond and redouble our efforts. As with Professor Cowan, as chief clinical director, I too want to apologise to patients who have a negative experience in our emergency...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...is a significant increase. It will be a very challenging winter. We have watched what has happened in the aftermath of Covid in places like Australia and New Zealand. We did not have the flu for the past two years, essentially, as Covid was dominant. There is now a real prospect of the widespread spreading of flu and Covid-19 during the winter period. Therefore, vaccination is the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

Jennifer Whitmore: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being put in place to safeguard wild bird populations against the risk of avian flu outbreak; if he will develop a surveillance, testing and safe disposal programme; if he will put measures in place to stop the unnecessary disturbance of wild birds that may be affected by the virus; and if he will make a...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...problem of an illegal dump in Darndale Park, Dublin Bay North; (6) Deputy Michael McNamara - to discuss decommissioning the wind farm at Derrybrien during an energy crisis; (7) Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss the avian flu outbreak in Ireland; (8) Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss Rosscarbery and Owenahincha wastewater treatment infrastructure; (9) Deputy Bernard J. Durkan -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Deputies in this State are dying every year due to dysfunction and waiting times in accident and emergency departments around the country. In the middle of all of this and just before we face a new wave of Covid and flu, the HSE has decided to close key capacity in the accident and emergency department in Meath. So removed is the HSE that 23 consultants in Drogheda hospital had to write...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...have to fund, such as measures relating to the recognition payment. There are health-related costs associated with looking after the displaced people who came here from Ukraine. We decided on an expanded flu vaccination programme. As part of the Building Momentum agreement, we honoured our commitment regarding the Haddington Road hours. Given the scale of the workforce for which the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: ...very serious as we move into the winter. It is now the summer and the number of Covid cases is peaking so God only knows what the situation will be like in the wintertime. We do not know when the flu vaccination programme will be rolled out. Two or three years ago there was a difficulty with the supply of the flu vaccine. I presume that any difficulties have been resolved and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2022)

Duncan Smith: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2021 and 2022 respectively; the number of doses that are expected to be provided in 2022; the number of doses ordered by the State; the estimated cost to provide the flu vaccine free to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of free flu jabs for all going into the winter season as part of a combined strategy to ease pressure on hospitals and in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

David Cullinane: 859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to manage any outbreak of the flu in 2022, including the use of flu vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Jul 2022)

Carol Nolan: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the presence of avian flu in Ireland; the number of birds culled having contracted or having been suspected of contracting avian flu since 2018; if his attention has been drawn to a particularly virulent strain that appears to be present in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36939/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

...of it affecting the immune system, that is real. When possible, I look at the lymphocytes or white cells of patients with long Covid. Many of them have low lymphocytes. If a person has the flu, his or her lymphocytes go low but when the person recovers from the flu, a week later the level is back to normal. With some long Covid patients, however, my observation is that patients are...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: ...challenging circumstances as we look to rebound from Covid. It is probable that SMEs in these sectors will have to deal with a multiple number of staff missing work due to a contagious disease such as flu. Replacing staff at short notice will prove very difficult. First, as we are all aware, there are significant staff shortages in these sectors currently. Second, the provision will be...