Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms O'Connell for that clarity.

I will move on to the occupational injuries scheme. This is an area in which there is already good legislation around supporting people who have contracted illnesses through their workplace. It is a very broad spectrum. It is not that they do not recognise a broad spectrum; it is everything from nystagmus to poisoning. In Ms O'Connell's work, and I presume the witnesses have all had a look at the legislation, is there any particular reason why long Covid would not fit the bill or fit the criteria of the current legislation as written?

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