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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: No problem. I apologise as I was in a meeting of the Oireachtas transport committee. Many meetings run parallel here. I read Dr. Lambert’s opening statement and I have been following some of the debate from my office upstairs. I have a few questions. Some of Dr. Lambert’s counterparts, for example, The Ohio State University, used baseline information that they had on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: In terms of viral longevity, there is no great difference, is there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: My next question almost seems contradictory because Dr. Lambert is here talking about long Covid. Has he seen anyone recover to a high level from long Covid? I know the whole idea is that this remains and lingers. However, surely some people have had a pretty good recovery pathway months and months after carrying this long Covid virus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: The general advice we have all been hearing over the past two years is that in seven to ten days one should be coming out of this pretty well and that is the recovery point. That is where most of those who get Covid find themselves. I had it in March and, sure enough, on day nine or ten, my antigen tests were becoming negative, my energy levels were up and I was able to get back to some bit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Dr. Lambert for his engagement today. It is midsummer. We are looking into the autumn and more iterations and further Covid waves. As a country, are we sufficiently prepared for the autumn and winter months? Have we, as a nation, let down our guard at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Dr. Lambert's estimation of one in 100 is about right. I was on the train up from Limerick this morning and that is what I saw in shops, on public transport and so on. The worry we all have is that if we end up in a particularly serious situation again in the winter, how to flip that on its head again in order to ensure public buy-in. I do not know if we will ever get that buy-in again....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When we first started seeing Covid before it arrived on our shores, we were watching with horror at night-time footage of Bergamo hospital that showed young people lying on corridor floors, gulping for air. I think the first real insight we had behind the scenes in Ireland was an “RTÉ Investigates” special that went in behind the hospital scenes in Ireland and we could see...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to a register of those convicted of serious crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will legislate against stalking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a relaxation of rules on a temporary basis to allow employers to pay a fuel allowance to their workers without having it taxed, a measure which could be rescinded once fuel prices stabilise. [35974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department have as of this time scrutinised all documentation submitted by a school (details supplied) in respect of its approved summer works grant for upgrading of its electrical systems; and if her Department is in the position to give the go-ahead for works to commence. [35888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [35979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with senior HSE staff at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital on the matter of fast-tracking hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) on the grounds of age, immense pain and extenuating circumstances. [35889/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 802. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to address the lengthy waiting lists for public speech and language therapy assessments and treatment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36000/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I am delighted to be on this committee. I moved onto it this week. I am a teacher by profession. I have put down the books for a few years to hopefully serve my county in the Dáil. I have a few questions that I would like to put to the witnesses. Before coming in here today I read a report by the Regional Educational Laboratory in the US. It identifies that 41% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: As educators, would the witnesses like that to move from an anecdotal basis to empirical evidence? There are many causal factors behind someone ending up in the penal system, such as drug addiction, which was mentioned a moment ago, family situations and a whole number of factors that we cannot quantify because they are individual factors. Another reason is one's unmet needs as one was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: When the teachers are educating in the prison context there may be a range of telltale signs that someone may have dyslexia or dyscalculia. In that moment the teacher will have a hunch. When I was a primary school teacher, we had a referral mechanism to get someone screened and diagnosed. Is there a similar pathway for an adult, if the teachers suspect that the man or woman in front of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: That is a good thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cathal Crowe: I thank both witnesses for their contributions. I will remain for the rest of the meeting.