Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise if my next question was already covered. Where will this end up? Will it eventually be recognised as a lifelong disability? The people who contact our offices by phone or email or who come to our clinics say there was the immediate phase where they were unable to work. Now, they are at home trying to live normal lives but find themselves to be breathless, tired and suffering from all the symptoms the witnesses have outlined. We all pay PRSI via our work salaries. These people do not know whether they will ever get back to work. What level of dialogue has taken place with the Department of Social Protection on long Covid and how these people will be recognised? Will it be a lifelong disability? Surely, some dialogue has taken place. I apologise if the witnesses have already answered this.