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

I do not think anyone would disagree that there is a huge expense involved in this and a good possible recommendation coming from today's meeting could be that people are being challenged by their illness and there is no-one saying otherwise. Could we get figures as to how many dedicated staff there are in the long Covid-19 system from witnesses at some stage? This is their homework. Where they are based and how many we hope to see working in total? Lastly, what is the clinical definition of long Covid that allows healthcare professionals to diagnose and refer people? There is acute Covid-19 and long Covid-19. Anecdotal evidence from some GPs is that they have difficulty as they are not familiar enough with it. Our guests might also give additional information on how GPs are being kept abreast of developments in the field. That also would be useful.

Deputy Crowe might note the meeting is coming to an end.