Results 21-40 of 44 for flu speaker:James Reilly

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: ...by general practitioners can be done by practice nurses. This would free up general practitioners for other areas of activity. The recent move to allow 800 well trained pharmacists to deliver flu vaccines to adults is another development in this area which will free up general practitioner time. I expect this co-operation to further improve as the primary care team model becomes an...

Seanad: Health Services: Statements, Questions and Answers (27 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: ...and as near to his or her home as possible. We intend to ensure that this principle will be adhered to. We have already begun our journey on this road by allowing patients the option of having flu vaccinations administered in pharmacies. This gives them greater choice and increased access due to the fact that pharmacies have long opening hours. Similarly, we want to bring those with...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: ...future for the small hospital, namely, appropriate work carried out safely, rather than trying to be all things to all men, with dire consequences. Regulations to allow pharmacists to deliver the flu vaccine at much reduced cost and with increased accessibility are now in place. Also, later this week I will sign regulations to provide for a fall in fees to GPs from €42 to €28.50. On...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (18 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together. Throughout the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009/10, the Irish Medicines Board published regular updates on national monitoring experience with the vaccines used on its website. Since then, the IMB has received information on reports of suspected cases of Narcolepsy in some patients who received one of the vaccines, Pandemrix, in Ireland...

Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: It is estimated that approximately 250,000 Irish children and adolescents aged five to 19 received Pandemrix vaccine to protect them against pandemic, H1N1, swine flu. Thirty potential cases of narcolepsy have been identified, 16 of which have been confirmed by the Irish Medicines Board as having been vaccinated with Pandemrix. Of the 16 cases, 15 were under 18 years of age. The remainder...

Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: It is easy to forget the situation that pertained. The reality is that we were facing a swine flu epidemic.

Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: ...I believe in fairness, and the Minister of the day was faced with this enormous threat to the wellbeing of the people, and to younger people in particular. Given the genetic make-up of the flu and the fact that it related somewhat to an epidemic that occurred years ago, people over 55 perhaps had some degree of immunity. Younger people were at more serious risk. Vaccine manufacturers go...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: New regulations are being drafted at present which will place beyond doubt the right of registered pharmacists to administer seasonal influenza vaccination to patients. Prior to the Pharmacy Act 2007 pharmaceutical assistants were permitted to act on behalf of a registered pharmacist during the pharmacist's temporary absence. This legacy entitlement has been continued in the Pharmacy Act...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 May 2011)

James Reilly: The consent form for the administration of Pandemic (H1N1 2009) Influenza (swine flu) was developed in line with (a) consent forms used in previous vaccination campaigns e.g. the meningococcal C vaccine campaign in 2000 and the MMR catch up campaign in 2009. (b) guidance on consent issues as per the HSE Quality and Risk department as published in Chapter 6 of the Practical Guide to...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

James Reilly: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precautions being taken to protect patients from cross infection from swine flu and other hospital infections in view of the number of patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency; the additional capacity put in place to deal with the winter increase in hospital admissions; the way she will defend the closure of beds when...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

James Reilly: ...patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency, which reached an unprecedented high of 569 in January 2011, the precautions being taken to protect patients from cross infection from swine flu and other hospital infections; the additional capacity put in place to deal with the winter increase in hospital admissions; the way she will defend the closure of beds when demand is high;...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

James Reilly: ...which she has put on the long finger? Is the Minister saying to this House that the emergency room consultants of this country are talking through their hats when they state they believe the swine flu has very little to do with the significant numbers who are now attending? I am aware that in one hospital, the number admitted up to two weeks ago was only 12. Since I have come into this...

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

James Reilly: ...-mongering, but I have already given the Minister two instances. I join Deputy Ó Caoláin in conveying my sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives to swine flu. The big issue here - the Minister was asked about this in the previous question, but she did not answer it - is the lack of isolation facilities within the accident and emergency departments....

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2010)

James Reilly: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on swine flu, including vaccine, the Health Service Executive swine flu awareness campaign, general practitioner rates and surgical equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25585/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2010)

James Reilly: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of swine flu vaccines purchased by the Health Service Executive; the cost of same; the number of swine flu vaccines administered to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25586/10]

Vaccination Programme. (4 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of the 45 Health Service Executive swine flu vaccination clinics; the persons who will man them; the opening times of the clinics; the number of patients they will see per day; the number of vaccinations they will administer per day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39588/09]

Vaccination Programme. (4 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: If we extrapolate the figures from the sentinel surveillance, we see that almost 10,000 people contract the swine flu per week. However, these figures do not take into account the people who do not attend their GP and, therefore, the figure may be more like 30,000. We have a serious situation on our hands. Some GPs have opted out of the vaccination programme because they believe that even...

Vaccination Programme. (4 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: ...at risk. If I fail to contact all those at risk, which I may not be in a position to do, I could be sued by one of those individuals for failure to contact him of her if he or she gets swine flu and develops serious complications. That is the consideration and doctors wish to be reassured on that point. There was no contact between one of the main GP organisations, the IMO, and the HSE...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (13 May 2009)

James Reilly: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the clinical role of public health doctors in the management of a flu pandemic; the persons who are the front line service providers in the event of such a pandemic; if there is a clearcut [i]modus operandi[/i] for obtaining swabs and having these swabs brought in a timely fashion to a virology laboratory; if the public health and...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

James Reilly: What plans are in place to deal with the swine 'flu?