Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that the Deputy was told this last September. Since then, a great deal has happened and clinics have been set up. The Deputy will appreciate that, given the immense pressure that our hospital system is under, our healthcare professionals are working as quickly as they can.

The interim model of care focuses on two different aspects - post-acute clinics and, after that, long Covid clinics. As the Deputy rightly stated, we need the clinics in all of the hospital groups. We have them in four and are establishing them in the rest as quickly as we can. The Deputy is also right about the need for more engagement with GPs, primary care and the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, to ensure that resources, protocols and training are available to GPs and that, in those instances where GPs are able to provide care, there is a specialised service available when their patients are referred onwards.

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