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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: When Dr. Browne says that it is hoped to increase the stock and secure more doses, what is the anticipated pipeline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Dr. Ni Bhriain stated that the estimate is that between 6,000 and 13,000 people will benefit. Even if the target of 2,200 is reached, it is a long way from that. Is it purely down to availability and the fact that we simply cannot get enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Within that community of 13,000 individuals who are at risk, even at the maximum, only a fraction of those people will be offered a vaccine in the short to medium term.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Even with the hope, we are talking about 2,200.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses and wish them well with their work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I think the Senator asked reasonable questions and it is not good enough that we cannot get an answer as to when we will have a fully staffed and fully operational clinic. All of us have raised issues around when these clinics are going to be up and running. In fact, some parts of the country, including where I come from in the south east, do not have a clinic. That is my understanding....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: To whom should I put my questions? I have a short period of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I will start with Dr. Ní Bhriain. Dr. John Lambert was before the committee some time ago. He made the point that the research he has done, and others internationally have done, points to residual harm being caused by brain damage. He suggested neurological factors were at play and said that should be the number one priority. Is that built into the model of care at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: That was one of the points that Dr. Lambert raised with us. He said he found it difficult to get a meeting with the Minister and senior HSE officials. My understanding is that he is running a long Covid clinic at the Mater hospital. Is that right? He is at least part of a team in that hospital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Dr. Lambert is involved in research and work in the Mater hospital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: He has submitted a business case and a plan in the hope that will become a properly resourced Covid clinic. Has that materialised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I understand that. Has the Mater hospital produced a business case to the HSE looking for funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: That is very surprising. When he was before this committee, that was one of the issues Dr. Lambert raised. He said he submitted a business case and a plan, which has been with the Department since July 2021.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I would have hoped that senior people in the HSE would be aware of the plans, views and business case of somebody of his stature. I am sure he will not consider that a great start to his meeting with Dr. Ní Bhriain next week but we will see how that meeting goes. What has changed? What has evolved in recent months, given the research, which is evolving all the time? What is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I suggest it needs to be addressed again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I do not know what value the HSE puts on the work of Dr. Lambert or anybody else, but Dr. Lambert seems to be a specialist in this area. He seems to have expertise. If I were in Dr. Ní Bhriain's position, he would be somebody I would want to listen to and engage with. There has been no shift or change in the model of care since September 2021 while the international research is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: What is the plan for them?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional medical, nursing, midwifery, and health and social care undergraduate places across further and higher education courses which will be added across higher education institutes State-wide in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51639/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (18 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional investment in the South East Technological University Waterford campus which he will make available in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51640/22]