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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we know the location of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It is Connolly. I will stay on children for a moment. In terms of the more holistic approach around services for children in education and all the things that make up life for a child, are there any support services for children who might be experiencing long Covid who are still expected to go to school every day, etc.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Is Ms O'Connell aware of situations where some families are on reduced hours already or where they are requesting this and being denied?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: They are calling in sick. They are effectively not there, but they are not on reduced or part-time hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It is a bit of a postcode lottery. As far as Ms O'Connell is aware, there have been no direct recommendations from the Department of Education on how to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: After Covid, there definitely was a drop in attendance. This was for many. Some children found Covid very difficult. Would Ms O'Connell expect for Tusla to have a role in the decision-making or to be making recommendations to the Department of Education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms O'Connell for that clarity. I will move on to the occupational injuries scheme. This is an area in which there is already good legislation around supporting people who have contracted illnesses through their workplace. It is a very broad spectrum. It is not that they do not recognise a broad spectrum; it is everything from nystagmus to poisoning. In Ms O'Connell's work, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: If we were to get recognition, would Ms O'Connell envisage that recognition would be, let us say, pre-availability of the vaccine or that it would be kind of more far reaching than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: If there was a recognition of long Covid under the legislation, would Ms O'Connell expect that it would be time limited to before the vaccine was available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: You would expect it to be along-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we know what the rates are in teachers and medical staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am referring to before those later diagnoses because, obviously, we are not at the height of the pandemic now. I am trying to get a sense of how common it is now to contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: For clarity, Ms O'Connell is saying that while the vaccine obviously reduces the prevalence of the disease and the possibility of contracting Covid, it does not necessarily reduce a person's likelihood of contracting long Covid in any way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am out of just out of time. Is Ms O'Connell aware of the HSE or any medical professionals in Ireland being involved in any research around long Covid internationally or with partners across the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (16 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's representation and involvement in the 9th Our Ocean Conference 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Services (16 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline, in tabular form, spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in the European Court of Human Rights on defending Ireland's position in relation to the Right to a Healthy Environment from 2019 to 2024 inclusive. [16321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available, in addition to the solar PV grant scheme, to specifically assist people with a disability to avail of solar panels on their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16199/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department supports a potential accelerated programme for the Cork Luas to be ready for passenger operations in 2031; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/24]