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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: My apologies. Can the Chairman move to the next speaker?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: In regard to the 6,000 to 13,000 people who would benefit from primary prevention vaccination, what is the process for trying to identify them or is there any such process? What stage are we at in the sense of talking about numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there information that the GPs would be able to feed back to the HSE that would be of assistance to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On the availability of the vaccine, what is that likely to be over the next six months? Is the position regarding access likely to change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Say by the end of the March of the coming year, what numbers do the witnesses think that they will be able to make available vaccines available to? We were talking about 6,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Do they think that they may have been able to access sufficient vaccines to vaccinate the 6,000 by March of the coming year? Are you talking about maybe-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Will we have a better idea of the numbers in six months or will it be an ongoing rolling situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On long Covid, in her opening statement, Dr. Ní Bhriain said that between 10% and 20% of people had continuing symptoms for a number of months thereafter. What percentage are we down to six months after getting Covid? Do we have any idea at this stage of the percentage of people who continue to have symptoms six months after first getting Covid? Has any kind of analysis been done as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Have any international studies been done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On the issue of the age profile, I know that many older people contracted Covid. However, with regard to the age group under 20, I have recently come across a number of families, including the family of a child of 11, who have had serious problems with long Covid. Have we any idea of the number of people aged under say, 20 years, who are suffering long-term effects as a result of contracting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: What kind of numbers have the six clinics that are up and running dealt with to date? Have we any idea of the weekly numbers they are dealing with? That would give us an idea of the referral rate as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: What kind of overall number would the six clinics be seeing per week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: On the GP issue, are we keeping them up to date on what they can access and where the services that are available are? Have GPs been fully briefed on all this and are they being kept up to date on new developments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Are they coming up with any percentages as to those who still have symptoms, for example, six months after initial infection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: That kind of figure would give us an idea of what we are talking about. The last thing we need is for there to be a waiting period to access those clinics. We must ensure we do not build up a waiting list as is happening in many other areas. We must be able to respond to the demand. Are we satisfied the six clinics that are set up are dealing with the demand that is currently there?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I presume there will be engagement with people who are working in the early years school sector in order that they will be made aware that they can become more involved in it. The other issue is whether the Minister of State's Department is setting targets for trying to increase the number of schools that are participating, while also increasing the number of young people, students and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: Are staff from the early years sector eligible to work on the summer programme and will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank both the Minister and the Minister of State for making funding available at such an early date. It will allow for long-term planning and help to ensure the full programme for the summer will be planned out with people involved in it. The issue with early years sector employees, however, is that they are paid for 38 weeks of the year and must sign on during the summer. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Colm Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that formal recognition will be given to teachers working in the Cork Life Centre and that funding will be provided by her Department for payment of teachers in the Cork Life Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50035/22]