Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I stated in my original reply, I am advised by the Defence Forces' medical policy that the use of malaria chemoprophylaxis is in line with United Nations and World Health Organization guidelines. I have listened to the views of the Deputies on a number of occasions. However, I have been informed by management of the Defence Forces organisation that Lariam is the most appropriate medication for the missions in which we participate in Mali and sub-Saharan Africa. It is the medication that fights malaria, a serious disease that killed approximately 438,000 people in 2015. The advice I have received is the best possible from the Defence Forces. I am not a medical doctor, as I have stated in the House on numerous occasions. I do not have the medical knowledge to disregard the advice I have been given.

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