Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I had the opportunity, as Deputy Micheál Martin did, to meet with some of the groups today. I took the opportunity to check out what the position is. There is a HSE health protection surveillance centre which has established a Lyme disease sub-committee with the primary aim of examining best practice in prevention and surveillance of Lyme disease and to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to minimise harm caused by the Lyme borreliosis in Ireland. There is a group assessing this issue, and I hope-----

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