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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...issue, certainly from a biodiversity point of view. There is an agricultural element to this as well in respect of poultry. From the point of view of wild birds and other birdlife, we see avian flu having a devastating impact at the moment. It is wiping out large populations of seabirds, particularly colonies of birds such as gannets. It is having an impact on tern colonies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Dr. Colm Henry: Yes. If we go back to 2020 people were very acutely ill. We said at the time it was not flu. There was a high conversion rate to ventilation on assisted respiratory devices in a ward setting. It was much higher than any other viral illness we were used to at that scale. It was not surprising that we saw a large degree of residual symptoms in people in a post-acute period...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Humanitarian Risk Situations and Emergencies: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

...left out in the lockdown, at the beginning in a number of European countries that tried to go for that herd immunity approach, the public health announcements actually said this is just like a flu for most people and the only people at risk of dying are older people or people with pre-existing conditions. People's lives were totally devalued. In some cases we saw institutions where staff...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ...programme in the numbers who took up vaccination, in the way in which the immunisation programme worked and in the positive outcomes of the programme. Interestingly, the level of take-up of the flu vaccine in this country is lower than the European recommended level of 75%. The rate among healthcare workers is also lower than that recommended by the European Union. I ask for a debate on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The prohibition on gatherings of poultry is a risk mitigation measure in order to reduce the risk of the spread of Avian Influenza. Ireland remains in the high-risk period (October to April) for the introduction of Avian Influenza (AI) however the risk levels and infection pressure are reducing with the departure of migratory birds, increasing temperatures and lengthening daylight hours....

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...have a right to recovery time; and when sick workers are given the means to stay at home, they protect other workers. It was not just Covid-19 as there are all sorts of things that we did not see during the pandemic, such as the traditional flu. We could see that it actually did matter that people stayed at home with coughs and sneezes. There is an astounding lack of ambition in this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...8,000 jobs in the economy. We want to do everything we possibly can to be of assistance during what is now a perfect storm for the industry due to a number of market issues, such as African swine flu, plus the war and the inflation of input costs. We acknowledge all of that. The Minister had an initial scheme which was funded up to €7 million and which allowed a maximum payment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making the flu vaccine available free of charge for all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (23 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Ireland and mobilise the necessary health service responses. National Public Health Emergency Teams have been established in recent years in response to public health threats, including H1N1 (swine flu) and CPE (Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales), for example. This public health approach is in line with the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO). Since its first meeting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (15 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...urge the Minister of State to provide for a certain period a direct subsidy for each pig slaughtered to try to reduce losses, help cash flow on farms and allow this vital industry to survive. Swine flu must be monitored. We must increase security to ensure it does not enter the country. It has damaged export markets across Europe and there is no doubt it has exacerbated the problem....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

...to those surges. It has not really begun to emerge yet in that way. We have seen surges of infection occurring at various different times of the year and that sort of pattern that, let us say, influenza might follow where we kind of know roughly when we expect to see peaks, when we expect to see troughs, what the thresholds to set might be to declare the flu season having commenced, etc....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms on which poultry was culled arising from recent outbreak of bird flu by county; if compensation has been paid to the farmers affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4893/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

...variant. We were hit in January when up to 60% of our workforce in the field were affected and other contractors by up to 50%. We constantly hear this variant is not that bad, it is just a flu or, in some cases, just a cold. For anybody working in an office environment, that is fine and they can work from home or relocate, but one cannot build an infrastructure project from home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

...same skill set or qualifications as a nurse but would do some of the tasks that a nurse currently does, for example, 24-hour blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy and taking blood and, potentially, adult flu vaccinations, among other things. A healthcare assistant will take some of the work from a nurse and allow our highly skilled practice nurses to increasingly do the more skilled work which...

Covid-19: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and every business have all been working. These have been in tandem with a big increase in testing, in PCR and antigen testing, a wider roll-out and use of the Covid-19 pass, the roll-out of flu vaccines, serial testing in nursing homes and many more measures. It is because of all of these measures, but most importantly because of the efforts that people have been making, that the...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...investigations to be outside of their core duties. I have to disagree with them because I believe that upholding the integrity of the Garda is a fundamental core duty of theirs. I remember their attitude when the blue flu issue arose. This is the issue in converse and it has to be dealt with. That this has gone on since last July has to be a major cause for concern. It needs to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...improving epidemiological situation, there are three concerns, in particular. First, the certainty of increased social mixing as we approach Christmas and the impact that that might have. There is a flu season that we did not experience last year but expect to experience this year. Our immunity to the flu has waned as a consequence of social distancing for the past year or two. There...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Dec 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of poultry stock that have been culled as a result of the presence of bird flu H5N1 subtype following a recent outbreak per affected flock in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60782/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...public health expertise. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established that two HEPA filters in a room will reduce exposure to Covid-19 and other infectious diseases such as flu by 65%. In November, the University of Cambridge completed a study at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where HEPA filters were put in for five days. The filters removed all traces of...