Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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728. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed incremental increases in physical activity or exercise, for example, graded exercise therapy, will no longer be recommended to ME/CFS sufferers to reflect current research and recently updated recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6473/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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729. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines, advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed incremental increases in physical activity or exercise will not be recommended to those suffering from long Covid, taking into account their symptoms, organ damage, abilities and risk factors, in view of long Covid sharing many similarities with other post-viral syndromes including ME/CFS, to reflect current research and recently updated recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6474/22]

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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807. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has begun collating data on those suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 807 together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly. Please do not reply to the Deputy before 08 February.