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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Ireland East hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36442/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: I welcome Dr. Lambert. He addressed the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party at the outset of Covid. It was a very stimulating conversation and I have kept pace with what he has been talking about since then. He could to some degree be considered a voice in the wilderness. Maybe that is a pain in the neck for some people but he is a challenging voice all the same. The paper he has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: There is a cross-party parliamentary group meeting today about Lyme disease. Based on the evidence of long Covid's impact on the brain, as taste and things like that are controlled by the brain, would Dr. Lambert be minded to see a connection with a virus with regard to diseases like Lyme disease and myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: If I am to understand Dr. Lambert, he is being critical about the dissemination of information by the establishment. It is beginning to act now. Do the Department, the Minister, the outgoing CMO or the clinical health leads have similar information at their disposal, arising out of studies similar to the ones Dr. Lambert has carried out in the Mater and including the same kind of cohort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: No. Clearly Dr. Lambert is eager to share his information. I am just wondering if there is any other university or faculty in a university hospital undertaking similar studies with the same significant number of people, around 1,000. If so, have they produced any reports? Is there similar information to that which Dr. Lambert has been providing available to the clinical leads, the CMO and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: As regards the Mater ID, what does ID mean in that context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: It is a surprise that the Mater infectious diseases unit was not included as a site for follow-up. There was no gesture or link to the Mater ID despite the fact, as Dr. Lambert claims, it generated most of the scientific data in Ireland on this subject. Dr. Lambert said he suspects his team is managing more patients with long Covid than any other site in Ireland. Is that factual?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: That is the key bit. Dr. Lambert said he suspects there are more patients in Mater ID than any other site in Ireland. Does he have evidence of that? What is that suspicion based on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: It is not a hostile question. I am just probing it. Clearly, Dr. Lambert is a significant player, so why are the authorities not taking on board his findings? Why does he think they have been so slow? These are pretty significant findings. I have done some minor reading around some of the literature Dr. Lambert sent us, which is fascinating. You would need another life to read it all....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: Dr. Lambert's expertise in infectious diseases goes back to HIV in the 1980s. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: Maybe something might change with the new Chief Medical Officer, CMO. As Deputy Shortall said, I can see us coming back to it. What kind of treatment is taking place in the long-term Covid clinics that have been established? What kinds of treatments would Dr. Lambert like to see where there may be gaps? What kinds of outcomes would he expect from international research? Some members of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made with regard to the provision of a dedicated transport police corps for public transport patrolling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the changes in Garda numbers in Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); his response to the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s seat on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the position and situation in Ethiopia is formally placed on the agenda of same in order to achieve a number of aims and objectives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress report in respect of a school (details supplied); when news may be expected in terms of advancing the school’s major building works project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the precise proposals in relation to those properties that are operating under the fair deal scheme, specifically with reference to residents who have been forced by circumstance to move to a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

John Lahart: 838. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline as a matter of urgency, when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; the cause of the delay in its publishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36126/22]