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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Lambert. I call Ms Lawless to make her opening statement on behalf of Tick Talk Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Lawless for her opening statement. I will move on to the committee members. Mr. Symes will have an opportunity to come in. Lyme disease is a recognised infectious disease. There is a difference between an acute illness and a chronic one. I will give Ms Lawless and Dr. Lambert an opportunity to answer the question. The issue concerns not diagnosing the acute phase and allowing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I apologise for interrupting Ms Lawless but is the difficulty in the acceptance of chronic Lyme disease the difficulty in diagnostics? Perhaps Dr. Lambert might come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I will now bring in members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I will bring in other witnesses in a moment but I want to give the opportunity to our members to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy. I call Mr. Symes whom I interrupted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: The first of Deputy O'Reilly's questions was about over-diagnosis. What is the response of the delegates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Have people with chronic Lyme disease been able to source treatment under the treatment abroad scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Under the treatment abroad scheme, a consultant is required to certify that the treatment is not available in Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: That is the critical point in seeking treatment abroad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Lawless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Please address the committee, rather than the other way around.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Did the Deputy ask a specific question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: It was documentation submitted by the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: As part of its submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I am not sure what it will present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: It was circulated to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Lambert. I know that perhaps he had not intended to stay so long but I thank him for his contribution. I also thank Ms Lawless, Mr. Symes and Ms St. George Smith from Tick Talk Ireland. We will suspend for a few minutes to allow our other witnesses to take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank everyone for attending this morning. The purpose of our second session is to resume our discussion on the topic of Lyme disease with officials from the Department of Health. On behalf of the committee I welcome Dr. Ronan Glynn, deputy chief medical officer, who is accompanied by Dr. Paul McKeown, specialist in public health medicine in the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; Dr....