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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What are those criteria that have enabled two people to access that scheme when others were refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I know. What were the criteria that were met by those two people who got approval?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: We heard earlier of the distressing experience of going through the hoops in order to qualify for treatment abroad. Can the HSE outline to us exactly what is the procedure if a woman has serious difficulties with the mesh and she wants to go abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: In Ms Donohoe's experience------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: -----sorry, this is my final question. In the cases of people who did not qualify for this scheme, what was the reason for that in main?

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

Róisín Shortall: I welcome Dr. Lambert to the meeting and thank him for his submission to the committee, and for the work he is doing in the area. First, I fully accept that we should not be dependent on Dr. Lambert giving us information on what is happening on an international basis in relation to prevalence. Is he aware of any variation in prevalence relating to particular variants? Is he seeing anything...

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

Róisín Shortall: Is there any evidence so far of predisposition to long Covid?

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

Róisín Shortall: Has it been possible to identify what might predispose people to long Covid?

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

Róisín Shortall: On the State response, where was the national clinical lead drawn from? What is their background?

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

Róisín Shortall: What is Dr. Lambert's position on the model of care? We are told that it is an interim model of care. Is there any date set for when it might be reviewed, or is it the only model of care that people are operating to at the moment?

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

Róisín Shortall: I do not mean to put undue pressure on Dr. Lambert. This is the first time that the committee has dealt with the issue. I suspect it is an issue that we will be dealing with on further occasions. I ask Dr. Lambert to excuse us if he feels we are trying to glean information from him. That may be unfair. On the HSE response to Covid and the decision to locate one post-acute clinic and one...

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

Róisín Shortall: It strikes me that because Covid is a new condition and everyone is learning about it, it would make more sense to combine the post-acute and long Covid clinics. Would Dr. Lambert agree with that?

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

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Lambert referred to the fact we do not have PET scans in this country.

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

Róisín Shortall: We do not have access to them.

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

Róisín Shortall: Is the lack of access a cost issue?

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

Róisín Shortall: I do not want to put too much pressure on Dr. Lambert's own experience, but we are trying to learn about this. Is there any country leading the thinking and the clinical work in this area that we could learn from?

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

Róisín Shortall: I have some questions following up on what Dr. Lambert said. Is he regularly asked to provide certification for people being out of work as a result of long Covid?

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

Róisín Shortall: Clearly that will now come into sharp focus with the Government decision to end income supports to people who are out on long-term sickness. Approximately how many of the patients Dr. Lambert is seeing are healthcare workers as opposed to other workers?

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

Róisín Shortall: I am aware that some long Covid cases have been taken against the State. Has Dr. Lambert had any involvement or been asked to provide any supporting evidence?