Results 201-220 of 234 for narcolepsy

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

...paying the cases in the best way we can. One example, as the Deputy is probably aware, was the situation in which certain children were given the H1N1 vaccine and subsequently went on to develop narcolepsy and cataplexy. There were roughly 150 claims. There was a lead case and as a result of the lead case, we put in place a mediation system. None of those cases since then have gone...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...So, too, is the Government's top-up of its special advisers' pay in breach of its own guidelines. In this regard we need look no further back than yesterday when the HSE told families affected by narcolepsy that they would not get payments because they were suing the State. While the HSE director general has apologised for this, it is an informative insight into how the State works....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

...against the HSE or the State was initiated had an impact on relationships and the ordinary process of engagement. This came into particularly sharp focus in the context of persons suffering from narcolepsy who may have that condition as a result of a vaccination process, where there was a suggestion that certain supports would be provided only to persons who were not engaged in legal...

Topical Issue Matters (28 May 2015)

Michael Kitt: ...the ambulance centre in Loughlinn, County Roscommon and proposals to remedy the situation; (4) Deputy David Stanton - the need for a working group to co-ordinate delivery of supports to those who developed narcolepsy as a result of receiving the Pandemrix vaccine; (5) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the assessment of the provision of alternative premises at the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Gardasil Vaccine (HPV) and Meningococcal Group B Vaccine: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

...reactions were associated with a very small number of people. The numbers at the moment appear to be around 30 to 40, although that could grow. Unfortunately, they developed a severe form of narcolepsy. We are providing as much support as possible to those people at the moment. We are paying for treatment and for them to visit non-public services where appropriate. We are giving them...

Topical Issue Matters (9 Feb 2017)

Pat Gallagher: ...-South interconnector; (4) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to discuss a report on transport guarantees presented to the board of Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin; (5) Deputy Noel Rock - the need for funding for a narcolepsy clinic at St. James's Hospital; (6) Deputy Timmy Dooley - closure of the school counselling grants scheme by Tusla; (7) Deputy Pat Deering - Labour Court recommendations and the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (27 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: ...and their use in Ireland. I have also received notice from Senator Thomas Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to outline the Government's response to the issue of narcolepsy and cataplexy, and if he will engage proactively and constructively with the families affected by these conditions. I have also received notice from Senator Denis Landy of the following...

Topical Issue Matters (13 Dec 2016)

Pat Gallagher: ...situation in Bus Éireann; (3) Deputy David Cullinane - the delay with the extension at Garranbane National School, Dungarvan, County Waterford; (4) Deputy Michael D'Arcy - funding for an adult narcolepsy service in 2017; (5) Deputy Pat Casey - the sale of Ardmore Studios in Bray for development; (6) Deputy Peter Burke - the need to relocate Westmeath Civil Defence; (7) Deputy Frank...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: ...Report (HBSC) External (Health Promotion Research Centre-NUI Galway) 100,641 Yes School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) External ( Mark Morgan, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin) 22,687 Yes National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee Report – Study of increase incidence of narcolepsy in young people following receipt of H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccination HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (13 Dec 2018)

Finian McGrath: ...by the HSE to commence development of peri- and post-operative services to support patients receiving Deep Brain Stimulation. Also, additional funding has been allocated to further develop the national narcolepsy services, in particular the transition of adolescents from Children's University Hospital to St. James's Hospital. Other improvements across neurology services include the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: ...drug use and blood borne viruses among the Irish prisoner population Authors:  Dr. A. Drummond, Dr. M. Codd, Ms N. Donnelly, Mr. D. McCausland, Dr. J Mehegan, L.Daly and Professor C. Kelleher    115,859 Health Behaviour in School Children Report (HBSC) External (Health Promotion Research Centre-NUI Galway) 100,641 School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD)...

Topical Issue Matters (22 Nov 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...in the city and suburbs of Dublin; (12) Deputy Paul J. Connaughton - the non-payment of compensation to victims of flooding in County Galway in 2009; (13) Deputy Robert Troy - the need to introduce supports for those suffering narcolepsy and additional medical complications following vaccination with Pandemrix; (14) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the need to include the cash for gold industry in...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

John Whelan: ...the HSE made the terrible error of indemnifying GlaxoSmithKline from any responsibility. Today, families are living the terrible consequences of that decision, with children having contracted narcolepsy. It is an important debate that we need to have. I commend the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, for signalling that he intends to bring a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: ...(Health Promotion Research Centre-NUI Galway) 100,641 Yes School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) External ( Mark Morgan, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin) 22,687 Yes National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee Report - Study of increase incidence of narcolepsy in young people following receipt of H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccination HSE Health Protection Surveillance...

Topical Issue Matters (9 May 2013)

Jack Wall: ...- the need to resolve the current dispute and avoid the threatened strike at Bus Éireann; (7) Deputy Colm Keaveney - the need to ensure that adequate supports are in place to assist those suffering from narcolepsy and other complications; (8) Deputy Mattie McGrath - the impact of the public procurement policy on the school supply sector; (9) Deputy Clare Daly - the reduction in the...

Topical Issue Matters (24 Apr 2013)

Michael Kitt: ...scheme; (3) Deputy Pat Deering - the implications of proposed cuts to Carlow regional youth work services; (4) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the need for supports to be given to persons suffering from narcolepsy and other medical complications following vaccination with Pandemrix; (5) Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - the proposed closure of Gaelcholáiste Chineál Eoghain, Buncrana,...

Topical Issue Matters (1 Jul 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...Liberty Insurance to ensure the best possible supports for employees of the company; (5) Deputy David Stanton - the need for a co-ordinated cross-departmental approach to assist those who developed narcolepsy as a result of receiving the Pandemrix vaccine; (6) Deputy Michelle Mulherin - the need for a funding mechanism to grant aid new group water schemes in disadvantaged rural areas...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: ...Officer, Health Research Board Editor:  Ms. Winifred Power  10,000    4,930 Report not yet completed.  Currently at copy-editing stage.  Health Behaviour in School Children Report (HBSC) External (Health Promotion Research Centre-NUI Galway) 100,641 Yes School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) External ( Mark Morgan, St...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...by people who should know better was that some people got measles, mumps and rubella because their parents did not vaccinate them. There is a similar issue on which the jury is still out in respect of narcolepsy, whether it was caused by a vaccine or was coincidental and caused by something else such as a virus. What do we know about this vaccine? We know that it does prevent...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 Jul 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...;Arcy that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to outline his views concerning those people affected by narcolepsy following the State flu vaccination programme. I have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment,...