Results 101-120 of 157 for flu speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. It is proposed to administer the vaccines via GPs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The programme is being offered through GPs. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The 2020/2021 influenza vaccination season will be the 10th year that pharmacists have provided this service to patients. Since the pharmacy vaccination service began, the pharmacy regulator, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (the PSI) have carried out a number of evaluations and a user satisfaction survey which have identified that this service is well received by the public and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the has expanded the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE defined at-risk groups and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The expanded programme will ensure that those most vulnerable to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the HSE defined at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The expanded programme will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Due to the impact of COVID-19 there will be additional pressures on our healthcare services this winter, and therefore increasing access to the influenza vaccine is a high priority to protect members of our society, especially the most at-risk groups, and to help mitigate the impact on the health services as the pandemic evolves. To enable the role out of this policy I, as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Due to the impact of COVID-19 there will be additional pressures on our healthcare services this winter, and therefore increasing access to the influenza vaccine is a high priority to protect members of our society, especially the most at-risk groups, and to help mitigate the impact on the health services as the pandemic evolves. To enable the role out of this policy I, as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government has expanded the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. Administration of the vaccines has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years. The expanded programme will ensure that those most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Given the potential for the winter flu season in 2020/2021 to coincide with a resurgence of COVID, and the importance of minimising hospital attendance, the Government is expanding the provision of vaccination without charge to all of those in the at-risk groups, including healthcare workers, and to all children aged from 2 to 12 years inclusive. The programme is being offered through...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to enable those with high and moderate levels of frailty to be cared for in their own homes. With this objective in mind, 4.7 million additional home support hours are being provided for in the plan. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine as well as 600,000...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is healthy people. This involves taking personal responsibility and following the public health guidelines as a first line of defence. It also includes accessible and sustainable testing and tracing, the flu vaccine, non-Covid health and social care services and additional capacity for new ways of delivering non-Covid care. The second pillar is strong businesses . These include the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...again allowing patients to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has placed orders for 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine for the forthcoming winter. This vaccine will be made available to all persons in an at-risk group from 6 months up, other than children aged from 2 to 12 years old inclusive. The HSE has also ordered 600,000 doses of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine, which is delivered via nasal drops rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live Attenuated Influenza...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...again allowing patients to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...again allowing patients to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...again allowing patients to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...again allowing patients to be seen closer to home and avoid going to hospital. The Plan puts in place supports for GPs, particularly those in rural practices, to support service continuity. A key action will be a comprehensive flu vaccination programme. The HSE has placed orders for approximately 1.35 million doses of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine, as well as 600,000 doses of the Live...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have not seen any discussion on salaried GPs but what we have seen is a very significant discussion on additional supports for GPs. For example, with regard to the flu vaccination programme, the funding per vaccination last year was €15 based on volume and that will now be about €25. There is ongoing funding for the Covid call and follow-up testing. There will be ongoing...