Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

HIV-AIDS Strategy: Discussion

10:50 am

Dr. Fiona Lyons:

I will not need two minutes. We have a problem with late presentation. Within the group of people who are presenting late there is a disproportionate representation of heterosexual males, some 63% of whom were presenting late. We need to ensure we know what we are doing and it is not just about targeting MSM. As I have said, this virus does not discriminate and HIV testing needs to become much more normal. There is a lot of work going on and we need to inform ourselves on how best to proceed with making HIV testing normal for all people to know their HIV status for their own good and for the public good.