Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-14
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Denis Naughten (IND), Roscommon-Galway

According to a survey which I commissioned from Ireland Thinks, there are 230,000 people in Ireland who are suffering from conditions associated with long Covid, yet we have failed to establish a network of clinics to treat patients that has been promised for the last 15 months. It is now taking more than a year for people to access the long Covid clinic at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, and the only dedicated clinic for management of neurological issues associated with long Covid, based at the Mater hospital, has closed its doors due to the HSE failure to even respond to the business case submitted last July. The clinic has treated some 1,500 people this year. Two weeks ago, I asked the Taoiseach to intervene and to keep the Mater clinic open, and he committed to taking the issue up with the Minister for Health. I have heard nothing back and the doors have been closed since. What is happening? Will the Minister ensure that the Mater clinic remains open?

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Sitting date: 2022-12-14