Results 201-220 of 235 for lyme disease

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (17 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Michelle Mulherin: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols, procedures and treatments in the public health system for the diagnoisis, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25470/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Incidence (17 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Michelle Mulherin: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the incidence of Lyme disease diagnosed per annum for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (28 May 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Finian McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will highlight the issue of Lyme disease, of which Ireland has the second highest rate in Europe, with the west having the highest number of cases in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23501/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (30 Apr 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Tom Fleming: 849. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to make the condition of Lyme disease more widely known to the general public and the medical profession including the causes of and the consequences of this disease; his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19284/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Rare Diseases Day: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I have special knowledge of rare diseases, although I do not want to say any more about it. I think Mr. Watt may know. I would like to speak about the inequality of technical knowledge of the medical profession about the treatment of rare diseases. We had witnesses before the committee recently speaking about Lyme disease, and they had extreme...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (20 Feb 2014) See 3 other results from this debate

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House on the matter. Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borelliosis, is an infection caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. Lyme borelliosis was made statutorily notifiable in Ireland by the Infectious...

Topical Issue Matters (20 Feb 2014)

Paudie Coffey: ...increase in carbon tax on solid fuels; (5) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - the need to provide a housing solution for persons forced into homelessness; (6) Deputy Dan Neville - the increasing risk of Lyme disease; (7) Deputy Michael Colreavy - the cost-benefit analysis of exporting renewable power from Ireland to Britain; (8) Deputy Michael Moynihan - providing access to medication for...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Issues (5 Feb 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Olivia Mitchell: Is the Deputy talking about Lyme disease?

Topical Issue Matters (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Barrett: ...authorities and the National Parks and Wildlife Service; (13) Deputy John Browne - the need to provide funding to repair Courtown Harbour pier following recent storm damage; (14) Deputy Dan Neville - the increasing risk of Lyme disease here; (15) Deputy Denis Naughten - the need to reassure expectant mothers on foot of the RTE “Prime Time” report on Midland Regional Hospital,...

Topical Issue Matters (4 Feb 2014)

Michael Kitt: ...in the terms of reference of the recently announced commission; (4) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the offshore renewable energy development plan; (5) Deputy Dan Neville - the increasing risk of Lyme disease in Ireland; (6) Deputy Catherine Byrne - the need to conduct a review of the extent to which the pub and nightclub industry adheres to the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (17 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Nicky McFadden: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the current diagnosis and treatment facilities available here for Lyme disease; if there is a national strategy in relation to Lyme disease; if an awareness campaign to highlight symptoms of the disease will be pursued by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (12 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Kenny: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department's Lyme Disease Awareness Group will tackle the need to provide better diagnostic tests and treatment for Lyme Disease sufferers; and the strategy the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Health Service Executive Health Surveillance Centre have to deal with Lyme Disease [53519/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (27 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Kenny: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a Lyme disease task force as requested by a group of Lyme disease suffers who made a presentation to the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 21 November 2013. [50904/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013) See 26 other results from this debate

Ms Lisa Vandegrift Davala: If even one spirochaete remains in the body, it will replicate. Therefore, even if one resolves the Lyme disease, the thought of going through the horror of the disease again means that many of us will stay on a prophylactic dose of whatever antimicrobial we are using. In my case, it is a non-pharmaceutical agent, but in -----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (22 Oct 2013) See 2 other results from this answer

Billy Kelleher: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident in the testing procedures for Lyme disease here in view of the fact that many of the cases that tested negative here tested positive when carried out in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44587/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Oct 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Jerry Buttimer: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnosis and treatment facilities available for Lyme disease and if there are plans to expand these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Regina Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to Lyme disease, where treatment is available here; and if he will provide a geographical report in tabular form. [32659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Classification (16 Jan 2013) See 3 other results from this answer

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648, if he will consider reviewing the guidelines from the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, rather than the guidelines of the IDSA, which Ireland currently follows in view of the fact that the two sets of guidelines make for different reading in dealing with lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Control (18 Dec 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national strategy in relation to tackling Lyme Disease here; the treatment available here for the disease; if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to sufferers of the disease; his plans to pursue any type of awareness campaign for the symptoms of Lyme Disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56861/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Oct 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if lyme disease sufferers are eligible for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/12]