Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:

We had meetings with the HSE in October last year where we set out the information we had at that point. We heard from and spoke to a number of our members who have not recovered from Covid. One of the nurses, Ms Siobhán Murphy, gave evidence to this committee last year and described being one of 11 nurses who were infected on a Covid ward in a Dublin hospital, the long-term effects and her delayed recovery.

We have sought a clinical pathway. In other words, if I am a healthcare worker who is infected at work, there should be a specific pathway from a clinical perspective to help me rehabilitate and get the correct and most up-to-date help for me in order to assist my recovery. That has not happened.