Dr. Ronan Glynn:

Deputy Burke may have missed it, but we have offered to update the committee with a report on this later. The HSE is developing a model of care around providing services for people with long Covid. The incidence of long Covid is being debated across the scientific community at the moment. In the UK there is another survey, for example, that suggests that approximately 2.5% of adults aged 35 to 70 years have suffered from long Covid, and it appears that it is much less than that in children and adolescents. The key message to get across is that the best way to prevent long Covid in the first place is to prevent yourself getting infected, and the best way to do that at this point is to come forward and get vaccinated if you have not already. That must remain our key message.

In response to the Deputy's other point, the HSE is developing a model of care around this, and we can furnish details.