Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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640. To ask the Minister for Health following the recent pandemic, the health system saw the usage of PPE soar beyond anything the State has ever experienced; the vast majority of this involved single use plastics; n light of the Single Use Plastics Directive 2019 can you inform me the actions that are being taken by the HSE to reduce single use plastics such as PPE in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/23]

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.

Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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641. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the recognition of long-Covid in children; if his Department has reviewed best practice from other jurisdictions such as the UK NHS’s setting-up of specialist long-COVID services for children and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/23]

Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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642. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to integrate services for children into the HSE’s long-Covid services framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22618/23]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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652. To ask the Minister for Health to supply the name of any consultant in the public health service of Ireland who has the knowledge to diagnose and manage long-Covid in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 641, 642 and 652 together.

As the matter raised is a service delivery matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.