Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. There is a debate in the medical profession on the recognition of Lyme disease.

I have experienced something similar previously on the recognition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, when it was strenuously denied that such a condition existed. It took a great deal of campaigning to get the medical profession and the psychiatric services to accept that ADHD was a treatable condition. I would detect that we are at a very early stage of having Lyme disease accepted internationally as a condition. While we do not have the benefit of listening to those putting the other side of the argument, it might be interesting to challenge them on their views on the matter as well. While both Ms Brennan and Ms Moloney have recovered, have they recovered fully such that they no longer need treatment?