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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but will Dr. Ní Bhriain explain to us where that funding is going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The clinics are open for two and a half to four hours per week. That is limited. For funding of this level, I would have thought there would be more patient-facing time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Will the witnesses provide a breakdown of how the €6.6 million is spent, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I do not mean now, but could they provide us with a note on the breakdown?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I would expect that data to be provided to us, which has not happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It would be interesting if we could get that information. It has not been provided yet. The plan was for eight post-acute clinics and six long Covid clinics. A number of the clinics are a combination, but I believe the total comes to just 12. We have not reached 14 yet. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Has the programme applied for those resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: But the programme has the funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: "FADA" stands for "Follow-up After Disease Acquisition". Does that mean the HSE recognises long Covid as a disease?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: To some extent, we discussed the criteria for categorising something as a disease, but I take it that the HSE recognises it as a disease, given that the word is in the name of the programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The final question is on children with long Covid. What service provision is made in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is that for adolescents as opposed to all children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: But no service for children below 13 years of age.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to provide patients with financial support to cover the cost of the strips required to measure warfarin levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (18 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report of the National Radiation Therapist Review Group; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17147/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of community rehabilitation and support services for stroke and heart failure patients; his plans to address the deficit in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (23 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists registered by CORU in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (23 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who applied to CORU for registration as a radiation therapist in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and the number whose applications were refused. [17980/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (23 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for registration as a radiation therapist currently with CORU; and the average wait time for a decision on applications. [17981/24]