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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Denis Naughten: The poll results also raise another issue of concern. It indicates that those aged between 55 and 64 are twice as likely as any other age group to state they have been managing the symptoms of long Covid for more than two years. This needs to be investigated further. Despite requests for patient involvement and feedback to the existing clinics, this has not happened. The latter has...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Denis Naughten: That is not the position with long Covid, which is more challenging for younger people.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have taken action. The Deputy is being very disingenuous. We have taken action long before this war and during it. We were one of the first to support the NGOs that Israel had, in our view, wrongly labelled as supporters of terrorism. We continued our support for those NGOs, which are human rights organisations, with finance. We met them. I already instanced the UNRWA situation and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Bríd Smith: That is going to take a long time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Denis Naughten: Long Covid is the title given to a range of illnesses that have left previously healthy individuals who have not recovered from Covid infections with no quality of life. These patients once led busy professional and family lives are now, but they are now in some instances bedridden, unable to eat and unable to communicate. Despite the severity of their condition, many are being denied...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and for his long-term commitment in respect of it. He has consistently raised it in the House on a number of occasions. The Government continues to support the roll-out of a national service for long Covid. In 2022, about €2.2 million was provided for the implementation of the model of care. That trebled to €6.6 million in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Bríd Smith: ...the world, to listen. I call him ruler. I understand he is an elected ruler, but he has much more power than I have. If it was within my power, the Israeli ambassador would have been put out of here long ago. The Government could do that but it is refusing to do it. I love the talk but we need action. Children are dying, as we speak, as a result of famine. Places are being bombed...