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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: It was not Covid-related.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Conciliation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am sorry for delaying Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I do not know whether I agree with my colleague about being over the hill but we are over the meeting. I thank the representatives from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, the Department of Health and the HSE for their assistance to the committee on this important matter. This has been a good engagement. For people listening at home, many questions have been answered....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has a special educational needs coordinator; if not, the reason for this; if the school has been allocated 1.5 teachers and two SNAs for every six SEN pupils; and when the SEN pupils in the school will be allocated their additional teaching resources to allow resource classes to begin. [49776/22]
- Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: It should not come as a surprise or shock to anyone to hear that every price increase that comes from energy companies puts more and more pressure on struggling households. Surely we can all agree on that in the House. The Minister believes that the proposals he is putting forward are sufficient. The argument we are putting forward from this side of the House is that they are not and that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: The purpose of the meeting today is to discuss the issues of long Covid and monkeypox. To enable the committee to consider this matter, I am pleased to welcome from the HSE, Dr. Siobhán Ní Bhriain, national clinical director for integrated care, and Dr. Derval Igoe, specialist in public health medicine. I am informed that Dr. Ciaran Bannan, consultant in infectious diseases at St....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat Dr. Ní Bhriain. We are going to discuss monkeypox first. You said the EMA advised that countries would administer the vaccine intradermally. What does that mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: It is a technical term. I have not come across it before.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: That is great. I thank Dr. Lyons for the explanation for the layman, including me. I welcome Senator Buttimer, who is substituting for Senator Kyne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I am conscious of time but I will allow as much information as possible to be shared as it is important for this morning's meeting that we get as much information out to the public so the witness might share where the clinics will be located and I will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Are we getting the stock through the EU or separately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Sorry, Deputy, we are discussing monkeypox.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Yes. I call Senator Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I have two questions for the HSE before we move back to the topic of long Covid. Is there a contact tracing programme in effect for monkeypox?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Dr. Igoe stated that it is a mild illness and that most people recover within weeks. However, again, there are people whose immune systems are down, pregnant women, children, etc. Are there any long-term side effects in relation to it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I would have thought that while this is relatively new to Europe, it has been around for a long time in Africa and elsewhere. I wonder if there are side effects involved. Professor Lyons is saying that there are none aside from the scarring. On public information, how do people contract the virus? Is it through secretions or is it through the passing of fluid? I ask them to not go into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: I thank Professor Lyons. That was really helpful. The positive message is that the HSE is saying that it is on a downward spiral. Hopefully, that will continue. It is about people changing their behaviour. That was the strong message that came out. There are supports available. With the vaccine and the increased use of it, we can hopefully deal with the crisis that exists. There is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Seán Crowe: Hold on, Senator. The Senator is asking the witness a question.