Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Previous parliamentary questions I have tabled have exposed the fact that there is not comprehensive screening of men and women deployed abroad. I ask the Minister of State to review these replies. Mr. Tony Killeen was Minister for Defence at the time. The Minister of State does not have to believe Roche, but he should believe his own soldiers. Four years ago I sought documentation through a parliamentary question, some of which was not supplied, including a fax that had been sent to Chad to warn that Lariam should be administered for more than four months. The deployment was four months. One had to take Lariam for a month before and after deployment, which gives a total of six months. The Defence Forces have, therefore, issued contradictory advice to their own medical corps in the past. Will the Minister of State review the file to see why one of the faxes sent to Chad was not included in the material supplied to me?

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