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- Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is important to acknowledge that the Minister of State initiated the summer programme, which is something that needed to be done a long time ago but now is done. I thank her for that. It is a programme that is very important and one that is evolving and improving every year. Before I talk about the summer programme, I want to sincerely...
- Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: No worries.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: I welcome the announcement about the community centres. For too long, community centres have struggled. They play a vital role in our community as hubs for people to gather, social areas for people to hang out in and places for young people to play sport.They have struggled, particularly during the pandemic, to keep their centres heated and maintained. The announcement by the Minister,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: I third it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Briefly, do the witnesses accept that the HSE was somewhat behind the curve in comparison to other countries? For example, in France, individuals can book a vaccine appointment through an app and can even get vaccinated in a pharmacy. Here, it seems that the service has been delayed, is cumbersome and the HSE has been slow to react. Do the witnesses accept that in hindsight, that is the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Do the witnesses accept that the HSE response was slow, because of circumstances beyond its control?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Following on from Deputy Hourigan's point on communications, I think it is very worrying that the HSE is looking for new streams of funding for communications. Surely, the communications and health messaging for monkeypox is so important that the HSE should not have to look for new streams of funding. Surely it should be readily available and the HSE should be proactive as opposed to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Before she does, in hindsight, again, would the witnesses accept that the HSE's communications to date on this issue have been off the mark?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Am I right to conclude from what the witnesses are saying that they would do nothing different if they were doing it all over again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: I thank the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Totally; 100%. I thank the HSE for that useful engagement earlier on. Long Covid is a very serious issue. I am sure the HSE will agree with me on that. From looking through the statements, what concerns me are words to the effect that “the HSE will deliver” and “we expect to expand the service”. Those phrases relate to the provision of services. How many...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Just before the we do that, I want to hear now about clear timelines. I raised this in the Seanad as a Commencement matter only approximately two or three weeks ago, and the reply that I got was very clear. The phrases used were “we plan to deliver” and “we expect to deliver” and “it is our intention to deliver”. What I want to know is when the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Can the HSE give us the figure in terms of who and what precisely they are recruiting and where they are in that recruitment process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: And then timeline on it please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: The problem is that while all this planning and upscaling is going on, there are people who are very sick with Covid. I cannot for the life of me understand why this planning did not take place a year ago, because it was fairly clear in the early days of the pandemic that there were people who had lingering symptoms that were far beyond the period of ten days or two weeks. I have engaged...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: That centre of excellence is exactly what we want. People should expect all of those services from the centre of excellence. When are we going to have the first centre up and running, fully staffed and fully operational? When are we going to have the eight that have been committed to fully up and running, staffed and operational?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: I fully understand the difficulties and challenges with recruitment but as of now, Dr. Ní Bhriain cannot give me a date for when there will be at least one fully operational long Covid clinic in this country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Can we stick to the point? Can Dr. Ní Bhriain give this committee a date, or at least an expected date, as to when there will be one fully operational long Covid clinic in this country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)
Martin Conway: Can Dr. Ní Bhriain give me a date?