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

Róisín Shortall: Those waiting lists are very long. In theory, there is a referral pathway. However, the reality for many people is that they will be left suffering from a long Covid condition for a very long time because of lack of capacity. Presumably, it kind of three or four months post Covid before somebody goes to or is referred to a clinic.

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this important motion and acknowledge Deputy Naughten's work in this area over some time. He certainly stuck with it for a long time, as indeed have other Members. Unfortunately, the Minister for Health has not responded to this. It seems as though the Government is hell-bent on sidelining long Covid. As such, any opportunity to highlight issues...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the interim guidance plan for long-Covid, published September 2021, does not include neurological rehab and psychological supports and strategies; the data used to inform the decision to provide eight nutritionists as part of this plan; the rationale for the exclusion of the Mater Hospital, which is home to the original long-Covid clinic...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (29 Nov 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...of primary care services with the removal of cost as a barrier to access to General Practitioner (GP) services. Access to GP care without fees will be extended in 2012 to persons covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme and in the following year to patients who receive medicines under the High Tech Drugs Scheme. Access to subsidised GP care will be extended to all in the next phase and...

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (29 Feb 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...Cullinane for raising this issue. I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. Recently the HSE confirmed its commitment to sustaining 101 elderly long-stay beds between Dungarvan community hospital and Dunabbey House. Both units operate under the management of Dungarvan community hospital. The hospital serves the catchment area of Dungarvan...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...is on the allocations made for Covid. With only three weeks remaining in this year I appeal to the Minister to personally intervene in the issue of the proposed closure of the only existing long Covid clinic that has dealt with 1,500 patients, which is a vast number, in the Mater hospital. In 2021, a business case for the clinic was submitted to the HSE but there was no response. In...

Health Centres. (3 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister had that information for a long time. He should not put it on the long finger.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure long-term care and support for persons experiencing symptoms of long Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to review the interim model of care for long-Covid in view of the significant evidence of neurological and psychological complications associated with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to treat long-Covid in the community; the role primary care centres will have, if any, in the interim model of care for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34808/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Ní Bhriain told me about the Mater and Connolly. Neither of those have long Covid clinics. I am asking about the six long Covid clinics that have been established.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to provide specialist long-Covid services for children; the steps he is taking to ensure that children with long-Covid have access to appropriate treatment and care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11360/24]

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

Róisín Shortall: My final question is about children. No service seems to be available for children at the moment. The attitude seems to be that children do not get long Covid. Have many people contacted LCAI about children who have the symptoms of long Covid?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease or illness following this Government's support of the motion in relation to long-Covid on 9 November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for establishing a new payment scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; the advice for healthcare workers with long-Covid in the interim period; if they are expected to claim illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if there was engagement with long-Covid patients when the interim Model of Care for long-Covid was drafted; if there has been continued engagement with patient groups in respect of the model of care ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics established under the interim model of care for long-Covid, by role, in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (18 Sep 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason inflammatory bowel disease is not included under the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that it is a long-term illness; if the list will be updated to include this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37211/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...of putting in place proper safeguarding arrangements in legislation. There are models and the witnesses have referenced some of them. For the life of me, I cannot understand why this is taking so long. I wonder why, from the commission's point of view, this is going on for so long. Perhaps it has a lot of other work on hand or it cannot afford to devote the necessary time to do it in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 753. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); if the HSE is considering using this medication to treat long Covid in appropriate circumstances; the reason this treatment is not used in long Covid clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26148/23]