Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witness for their presentation. I did not know very much about Lyme disease until I was contacted by a mother whose son has it. This lady was in the lucky position that she could bring her son to Germany to undergo the tests and buy the medication. There must be people who cannot afford that. Do we know the number in this position?

In arriving at a diagnosis, doctors may first consider fibromyalgia or other diseases instead of Lyme disease. The fibromyalgia groups have appeared before the committee but they never mentioned Lyme disease. Do the different groups that support people suffering pain from this group of symptoms co-ordinate their effort and knowledge?