Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

While you should never base policy on anecdote, I was speaking to my local GP, who said that one in six of the people turning up to his GP service are there because they are suffering from long Covid.

People do not have a fixed diagnosis or sheet of paper saying they are suffering from long Covid. There is a need for that piece around self-reporting, and maybe even a public awareness campaign on that to build a better picture of what is happening there, and then pathways to reach those services that are needed for people to feel believed. I reiterate the point that in the south east, I do not want somebody who is managing their energy getting in a car travelling to either Dublin, Cork or Limerick to access services.

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