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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...

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

Seán Crowe: Would it be unusual for people to be referred to clinics abroad in respect of long Covid?

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

Seán Crowe: They would be the exception-----

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

Seán Crowe: I am aware of a case, and these are individual cases where this information is coming from, of someone who has had clots on the lungs. An attempt was made to try to drain those clots, and this, in itself, had an impact. This person is taking about 20 different tablets daily. It is frightening that someone who did not experience any initial symptoms has now had their heart and lungs...

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

Seán Crowe: Again, looking at cancer care, for example, there is a team around a person. I suppose people are looking for that team, whether it be neurology, lungs or heart. The team comes together and one gets a better sense of the care path for that individual. That is what the ideal will be in the future. I have probably talked enough.

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

Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Bannan.

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

Seán Crowe: I do not think anyone has criticised the people in post and if that is the impression that was given, it is the wrong one. I think that people are saying there are key elements of the teams that are missing and maybe some need to be beefed up more than others. The brain fog would not be unusual for anyone who comes out of a serious operation. It is quite common in that sense. The scary...