Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late. I had something else on.

I welcome the delegates. The joint committee has discussed Lyme disease on a number of occasions and varying and contradictory views have been expressed by medical professionals and advocacy groups. We are trying to get to the bottom of the issue. We have met people who have Lyme disease and they often claim that traditional medical science seems to be resistant to believing there is something wrong with them in the first place. They have suggested medical professionals can be slow and reluctant to test for Lyme disease. Very often there are contradictory views-----