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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome all the witnesses. Apologies. I was in the Seanad earlier, speaking on a matter, and missed their opening statements. From coming in here today and reading the opening statement, I have learned a lot that I did not know about, was not aware of and do not have experience of. I acknowledge that and the witnesses' advocacy, both personal and professional, with regard to lung...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: What is the waiting list for lung transplants? The witnesses say there is no cure. How many transplants are performed yearly due to lung fibrosis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Is that due to fibrosis or in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Thirty to 40 per year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: On electricity costs and oxygen, the witnesses say that, across the board, there are access issues whether people have a medical card. What advocacy has been done before this with regard to meetings with Ministers for Health, Ministers for Finance or parliamentary questions? What sort of engagement has there been? Have the witnesses had any heretofore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Could that could be signed imminently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: They have been signed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chair.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach for choosing this matter and I welcome the Minister of State. I acknowledge the range of supports and investment provided by the Government to the Department of children to assist parents in affording childcare, which has been greatly beneficial. I acknowledge also the work of the city and county childcare committees, whether through the early childhood care and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the response. We have to wait and see how the new supply and management unit in the Department, which has been operational since January 2024, responds to the issues in a locality. Yes, the local childcare committee can identify where there are vacancies and where there is need but there is no point in telling someone in Rosscahill or Oughterard that there...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Before I move on to the Minister of State, I welcome the pupils and teachers from Hewetson National School in Clane, County Kildare. I hope they enjoy the day and I hope the teachers treat them later on. Gabhaim buíochas leo agus tá fáilte rompu go léir.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Before I invite the Minister of State, I welcome the pupils and teachers of St. John's National School in Longford to the Seanad Chamber. I hope they enjoy the day here.

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank colleagues in Fianna Fáil for tabling this motion. Being in elected politics since 2004 at council and Oireachtas level, last year was the most difficult I have come across with regard to school enrolment pressures. This coming year also looks somewhat challenging. Hopefully, it will not be as bad. However, I had not experienced this before and certainly not to this level....

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

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chair. I welcome Ms O'Connell and her colleagues from Long Covid Advocacy Ireland. I have to leave at around 10.30 a.m. to go to the Seanad for a matter and to chair that session. I will be back after that. The testimonies LCAI provided this morning and in its submission are quite difficult. I can only imagine the impact that long Covid has had on sufferers and their...

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

Seán Kyne: How many of those people are in the LCAI? Does it have a membership list?

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

Seán Kyne: The HSE will be before the committee later. Its opening statement mentions that its interim model of care "is broadly in line with other models internationally." It further states the HSE has, "Six Long Covid clinics [that] are operational and receiving patients, with each clinic supported by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in the management of Long COVID", that it has filled 53.6...

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

Seán Kyne: Has the LCAI received any testimony, even anecdotally, of people who have had positive experiences and benefited from attending the clinics?

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

Seán Kyne: Ms O’Connell stated that she has spent hours on the phone with patients listening to stories of disbelief, dismissal, minimisation, misunderstanding and gaslighting. I presume this is from professionals and, perhaps, some family members and work colleagues. How upsetting is this for sufferers?

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

Seán Kyne: Are sufferers more predominantly from the earlier waves or from throughout the period of the pandemic? Is long Covid more prevalent from earlier in the pandemic?

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

Seán Kyne: Different people function differently, and there are very high-functioning individuals. I spoke to a lady from another part of the country who contacted me in advance of this meeting. She used to run marathons and do triathlons. Now she cannot do so. I would call this person highly functioning terms of being energetic prior to Covid. It obviously impacts at different levels and different...