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

Reference was made to Germany, which is not a basket case but rather a First World country. Why is there such a discrepancy between the accreditation systems in Germany and Ireland? Is the laboratory in Germany acting independently? Many people have told us that they were diagnosed in Germany as having chronic Lyme disease. Is it the view of the delegates that the accreditation system in Germany is not up to scratch or that some laboratories there are acting outside internationally accepted accreditation systems? I would welcome clarity on that issue.

As asked by Deputy Regina Doherty, what is the explanation in the case of a person who has all the symptoms associated with Lyme disease but in whom no antibodies are detected? Dr. Cryan has stated people would almost welcome a diagnosis of Lyme disease because it is treatable.

Is there almost a yearning that a person needs to find out what is wrong and that one hopes it is this? Is that what Dr. Cryan was inferring?