Results 101-120 of 234 for narcolepsy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Patrick O'Donovan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to parents of children who contracted narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/15]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (22 Oct 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Dara Calleary: 279. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have narcolepsy included in the long-term illness scheme. [37032/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Áine Collins: Those who were involved in the hepatitis C scheme and other vaccination schemes had to wait a long time. There is also an issue in respect of narcolepsy, which resulted from the vaccine given for swine 'flu. The lives of some young people and families have been transformed and they are waiting for support from the Department. This is a huge burden on families as they need extra support to...

Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

John Whelan: ...courts' schedule for early next year. The parents taking them do not want to go to court. They want to sit down with the HSE and reach a fair and reasonable settlement. Their children have been inflicted with narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine which the State administered, albeit in good faith. It is accepted that the vaccine has had a profoundly negative impact on these...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (1 Jul 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Stanton for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House on the matter. It is a serious issue. I acknowledge the impact on those diagnosed with narcolepsy who had previously received a pandemic influenza vaccine as well as the impact on their families. As Deputies are aware, immunisation is a simple and effective way of protecting children...

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...

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: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an exemption for persons with epilepsy and narcolepsy who have frequent seizures when sitting State examinations. [19306/15]

Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Apr 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: ...of more gardaí and resources at the Garda station in Duleek, County Meath.I have also received notice from Senator John Whelan of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Health to meet the narcolepsy support group, SOUND, to hear and address their ongoing concerns about the shortcomings in how victims of the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine are being treated by the HSE and the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (2 Apr 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

John Whelan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House; she is representing the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar. My request is to ask the Minister for Health to sit down with the parents of the narcolepsy victims, the parents of the children who have contracted this terrible affliction and lifelong disease as a result of a State-sponsored vaccination programme. I cannot understand why the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Denis Landy: ...study to examine this area, at the conclusion of which we hope to move to legislation. I wish to raise two other issues. During the Commencement debate earlier, Senator John Whelan raised the issue of narcolepsy and the children who suffer from it. The response to the Senator was that the Minister did not see fit to meet the group, SOUND, which represents the children. This is another...

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: Narcolepsy Issues (11 Nov 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of identified sufferers of narcolepsy; the extent to which supportive arrangements are in place or remain to be put in place in respect of such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43264/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who suffers from H1N1 swine flu vaccine-induced narcolepsy to reach third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (7 Oct 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the supports being provided to children who developed narcolepsy following the receipt of the swine flu vaccine, especially considering that many of these children will soon pass the age of 18 and their needs will change including the need for support in higher education and permanent medical cards. [38247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (30 Sep 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which services are currently available for children and parents suffering from narcolepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37139/14]

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Vaccination Programme (17 Jul 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael D'Arcy: ...guarantee on the basis that the vaccine was administered off-licence, even though it was administered off-licence at a time when concerns were growing in the Scandinavian countries in regard to the risk of narcolepsy and vaccination.  A number of questions need to be addressed, the most crucial of which is why so much vaccine was used.  No other country went down the route of...

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,...