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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: My question relates to the availability of the flu vaccine and the adequacy of the supplies we have now secured for this coming season. It is extraordinary to think that last year more than 4,300 people were hospitalised with seasonal flu. That is more than the total number of people who have been hospitalised with Covid to date. While Ireland works to prevent a second wave of Covid, it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...time because this is going to be really important as we head into the winter. We are very closely watching what is happening in the southern hemisphere, where countries are now entering the winter flu season. We need to watch what happens there in order to inform what we do here. Everyone knows that the flu comes every winter. What many people probably do not know is that every year...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will know, the flu vaccine for the northern hemisphere is formulated based on what the flu looks like in the southern hemisphere, because it starts there and spreads to the northern hemisphere. It may be the case - I might be wrong - but I suspect that the vaccine has not yet been formulated, let alone produced. It would not, therefore, be possible for us to have secured a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...1.1 million and 1.2 million. This does not seem to cater for a significant increase from last year's numbers. Again, what is the Government's estimate of the demand for doses of the vaccine in the coming flu season? The Tánaiste said that the HSE has placed orders. That is not quite the same as securing additional supplies. Can he assure us that sufficient supplies will be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Tánaiste confident that they will be secured and will be available before the onset of the flu season?

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