Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

2:55 pm

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

52. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 24 November 2015, if he is concerned that Lariam is a third-line drug for the US military in sub-Saharan Africa and is only issued for personnel who are unable to receive either of the other anti-malarial regimens; that its issue is accompanied by a wallet card containing current safety information from that country's Food and Drug Administration indicating the possibility that the neurological side effects may persist or become permanent; and, given this, why, as noted in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 14 January 2015, the malaria chemoprophylactic agent of choice of the Irish Defence Forces for use in sub-Saharan Africa continues to be Lariam. [2952/16]

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