Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have two further questions arising from the delegates' responses to my earlier questions. Lest Dr. Cryan thought I was insinuating anything about the calibre of any person, I was not. I apologise if that impression was given; I was only trying to tease something out.

Dr. Cryan has stated that in the case of 30% of the tests carried out the results are negative. Is there a common reason for this? I may have misunderstood an earlier response, but, as I understand it, according to Dr. McKeown, there is what is called chronic Lyme disease. However, according to Dr. Cryan, there can be no such disease if there are no antibodies. If antibodies are detected, there is such a thing as chronic Lyme disease. If antibodies are not detected but people are experiencing the symptoms on the list, what is Dr. Cryan's explanation for what the people concerned are going through, or is that too broad a question to ask?