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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I welcome the witnesses. My questions are quite specific so I do not wish everybody to answer them just the relevant person. If it is Dr. Ni Bhriain, that is fine. I am looking for information in the first instance. Dr. Ni Bhriain stated that 194 cases of the monkeypox virus have been notified so far and that there have been 11 hospitalisations. Is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Is Professor Lyons confident the figure is fairly accurate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: Very good. Have projections been done to establish what the best- and worst-case scenarios might be in the context of this outbreak?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: That answers the question. In terms of the vaccination roll-out, when the witnesses say there are 2,000 vials. Is that 2,000 doses, or how many doses would that figure represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
David Cullinane: It would be 1,000 people.
- 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.