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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Only 1,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: There is stock for 1,000 people to be vaccinated. How many have been vaccinated up to now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Was it 300?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: And it is estimated that between 6,000 and 13,000 people would benefit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: So we are a long way away from that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: We cannot plan on the basis of hope. We can only plan on the basis of what we will actually have.
- 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.