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

We do not know what the recommendations are so we will not be able to gauge whether they are effective or not. The medical and academic evidence is stacking up against lariam and I can give the Minister a report by one of the expert witnesses in a recent case which was settled by the State Claims Agency just before Christmas. Has the Minister had a briefing on that case? Was the case settled out of court because of the overwhelming medical evidence from expert witnesses on behalf of the claimant that linked lariam to the illnesses the claimant had suffered? This totally discredited the case of the State and the Defence Forces. Will the Minister now reassess his strategy, which has been to fight each case tooth and nail? Will he now address the totality of cases and the other possible cases, as well as the ongoing legacy of prescribing this drug when it was deemed to have been dangerous by other armed forces around the world?

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