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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for coming in this morning. I am sorry that I missed about half an hour of the presentations and general discussion. How many people in Ireland are living with long Covid? Is there a figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Physically and mentally that must do terrible things to people, such as with some of the witnesses here. That takes a toll physically and mentally. It must really take a toll on people and their families. What are the effects on the witnesses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: My final question is about the use of LDN, low-dose naltrexone. I am aware that Dr. Jack Lambert spoke about it this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: This drug has been used with other conditions. Dr. Lambert said it was quite beneficial for those with long Covid. Have the witnesses been prescribed LDN?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is not a considered drug in relation to the HSE. Will doctors prescribe it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there any reason behind some people who get Covid recovering over a certain period of time and others such as those with long Covid not recovering or taking a considerable amount of time to recover? Is there any correlation between these?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: What is the recovery rate for those with long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: The witnesses say in their statement there is no "evidence-based medication licensed to treat Long Covid". Have there been any medications used in the past or present, especially around auto-immune diseases, or any medications used to treat long Covid that are unlicensed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: What are Dr. Bannan's views on low dose Naltrexone for treatment of long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Are some medical practitioners using that drug to treat patients with long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: With respect to comparable conditions, we are trying to understand as best we can what long Covid is and it is obviously multifaceted. Is there anything comparable in the witnesses' medical, professional experience of what long Covid is, what it does to the human body and the longevity of that in terms of people's physical condition and mental capacity as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Are there people who, having been diagnosed with long Covid, have not got over it and have just gone on gradually with it getting more progressive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: This is being used in certain circumstances in relation to people with long Covid.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: I commend Sinn Féin on this very important motion. I attended the Joint Committee on Health last week where the issue concerning the situation with cancer services was discussed. Representatives of the Irish Cancer Society presented a very sombre view of cancer services in Ireland. There is much to be proud of in our public health system, but there is also a lot to be concerned about...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday, a majority of MEPs voted to support the EU migration pact. There was also opposition to the pact, and in the European Parliament some of the commentary on the pact is that it is regressive in terms of human rights, xenophobic and reactionary in not upholding the right to seek asylum in the EU. Does the Tánaiste believe signing up to this pact is the right course of action...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Good morning. I thank the witness for her statement this morning. My first question surrounds someone who has been given a diagnosis of cancer. As for counselling and back-up, and the trauma someone has after hearing that diagnosis, is there any kind of model or intervention out there for someone to get counselling with his or her diagnosis? I had a very recent experience with a close...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yes, but that is good to know. I have quite a profound question for Professor Kennedy. I am not sure he will be able to answer this, but can there ever be a cure for cancer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: Cancer has been termed an industrialised disease. Would Professor Kennedy agree with that term?