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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is okay. This was a useful engagement this morning. We will meet in private at 12.30 p.m. to look at this whole area to see how we will access the various submissions. We are still open to receiving submissions if people want to write into the committee and give their views on the issue itself. We are conscious that we want to hear all sides in this debate. As I said earlier, while...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: It should not come as a surprise or shock to anyone to hear that every price increase that comes from energy companies puts more and more pressure on struggling households. Surely we can all agree on that in the House. The Minister believes that the proposals he is putting forward are sufficient. The argument we are putting forward from this side of the House is that they are not and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: The purpose of the meeting today is to discuss the issues of long Covid and monkeypox. To enable the committee to consider this matter, I am pleased to welcome from the HSE, Dr. Siobhán Ní Bhriain, national clinical director for integrated care, and Dr. Derval Igoe, specialist in public health medicine. I am informed that Dr. Ciaran Bannan, consultant in infectious diseases at St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat Dr. Ní Bhriain. We are going to discuss monkeypox first. You said the EMA advised that countries would administer the vaccine intradermally. What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is a technical term. I have not come across it before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is great. I thank Dr. Lyons for the explanation for the layman, including me. I welcome Senator Buttimer, who is substituting for Senator Kyne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious of time but I will allow as much information as possible to be shared as it is important for this morning's meeting that we get as much information out to the public so the witness might share where the clinics will be located and I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Are we getting the stock through the EU or separately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Sorry, Deputy, we are discussing monkeypox.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Yes. I call Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have two questions for the HSE before we move back to the topic of long Covid. Is there a contact tracing programme in effect for monkeypox?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Dr. Igoe stated that it is a mild illness and that most people recover within weeks. However, again, there are people whose immune systems are down, pregnant women, children, etc. Are there any long-term side effects in relation to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I would have thought that while this is relatively new to Europe, it has been around for a long time in Africa and elsewhere. I wonder if there are side effects involved. Professor Lyons is saying that there are none aside from the scarring. On public information, how do people contract the virus? Is it through secretions or is it through the passing of fluid? I ask them to not go into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Professor Lyons. That was really helpful. The positive message is that the HSE is saying that it is on a downward spiral. Hopefully, that will continue. It is about people changing their behaviour. That was the strong message that came out. There are supports available. With the vaccine and the increased use of it, we can hopefully deal with the crisis that exists. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Hold on, Senator. The Senator is asking the witness a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Senator keeps putting her off every time she tries to answer. Will the Senator please allow her to answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Seán Kyne and Deputy Bernard Durkan. The minutes of the committee meetings of 4 and 5 of September have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before I let Deputy Shortall in I have a couple of questions of my own. In the lead-up to this meeting, I spoke to several people who have long Covid. Most of those people have a sense of frustration. They feel there is a lack of awareness of their situation. Some are fairly critical of their GPs, that they are at a loss and do not really know what to do with these patients. Medication...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: A colleague spoke about his and his family's situation. His wife and daughter have long Covid. This is just one household. The father-in-law ended up in ICU, but he does not have long Covid. I presume there is some link in this regard. Would it be unusual to have a case where a whole family has been impacted to some extent in this regard? People are looking for answers. Could this come...