Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With regard to long Covid, I know the HSE is trying to collate figures. The committee hopes to deal with the matter at some stage. I know there are some centres but, while one centre might be dealing with the lungs and heart, inflammation of the brain may be involved, which requires neurological services. People are saying that the current model is clearly not working for them. People may have to go to various different services in this regard. Is that being considered as part of the plan? Do we have a sense of the number of people who are suffering from long Covid? I know it is not a medical term but there is clearly a great challenge in this regard not only in Ireland, but internationally. Are we looking at tweaking or changing the model and establishing centres of excellence that people can go to?