Would you like to get involved in powerchair football in the South-East? Wexford-based MDI member, Conor Doyle, is interested in starting a powerchair football team in the South-East. If you are interested, he’d be delighted to hear from you. All genders and ages (12 years and upwards) are welcome! Training would take place in either […]
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Orphan Drugs Bill
Legislation to streamline the HSE decision-making process on orphan drugs We are pleased to see that legislation is being brought forward to the Dáil that will seek to streamline the HSE decision-making process on orphan drugs. Orphan drugs are medicinal products intended for diagnosis, prevention or treatment of life-threatening or very serious conditions that are […]
NTA Survey of Taxi’s and Hackneys
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is committed to the provision of high quality, accessible, sustainable transport connecting people across Ireland. In furtherance of this aim NTA has engaged Behaviour & Attitudes, an independent market research company based in Dublin, to conduct this survey with the aim of getting information on the demand, delivery and accessibility levels of […]
Looking Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Neurological Care
Description The pandemic has led to reflection and debate across healthcare in Ireland as to how services can recover from disruption and potentially overcome some of the systemic issues that impacted our health system pre COVID-19. Neurological care services are embracing new treatment approaches and technologies including those developed here in Ireland. On the other […]
Minister for Health wants to prioritise the vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds with underlying conditions
MDI welcomes Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly’s statement on Morning Ireland, RTE 1, that he wants to prioritise the vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds with underlying conditions. The Minister said the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) is looking at this. Following the approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, MDI […]
Update from HSE – online registration for COVID-19 vaccine
From today, Tuesday 4 May, people aged between 50 and 59 can register for their COVID-19 vaccine online. To avoid delays when we open registrations this week, we are asking people to register on different days depending on their age: Registration dates and age groups Tuesday, 4 May, people aged 59 should register Wednesday, 5 […]
HSE update – 23 April – COVID-19 vaccination programme
The vaccination programme continues to be rolled out nationwide, and as of 20th April 1,240,965 vaccines have been administered in Ireland. Group 3 – aged 70 and over Vaccination of people aged 70 and over continues by GPs, who are now largely vaccinating the group aged 70 to 74. Our National Ambulance Service is also providing […]
HSE update on COVID-19 vaccination programme
The vaccination programme continues to be rolled out nationwide, and as of 13th April 1,094,964 vaccines have been administered in Ireland. While we have largely completed vaccinations for the first 2 allocation groups, we are still working to vaccinate these groups: Group 3 Vaccination of people aged 70 and over continues by GPs, who are now […]
Update on AstraZeneca vaccine and vaccination programme
All vaccination appointments on 13 April cancelled As you may be aware, the HSE announced that all AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination appointments planned for today, Tuesday, 13 April have been cancelled. If you had an appointment to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine today, you will be contacted to rearrange your appointment. The HSE is now assessing […]
