Results 61-80 of 235 for lyme disease

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Jul 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Danny Healy-Rae: 960. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the NPWS will not erect signage making persons aware of ticks and Lyme disease in national parks, for example, Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30675/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Brexit, the Good Friday-Belfast Agreement and the Environment: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Declan Breathnach: ...national and transnational interests but also for international interests, whether these relate to Selafield, water - in the context of the Betelgueseaccident many years ago - the transmission of disease through wildlife, be it the spread of tuberculosis via deer or the incidence of Lyme disease and other topical and very much live issues that are the subject of debate. People need to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Maire Devine: ...has become de rigueurto attend Phoenix Park for a day out and to be prepared to feed the wild deer in the park. It is disabling to the deer and it is a health and safety issue for tourists due to Lyme disease, ticks and not allowing the deer to live in their own habitat but detaining them. I ask for a more rigorous notice. Could TripAdvisor state that this is not allowed, and that it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (11 Jun 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Peter Burke: 651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 28 May 2019, the way in which sufferers of Lyme disease can access testing and treatment for the disease in all major hospitals; the reason patients have had to travel for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Peter Burke: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Lyme disease diagnostic tests are not covered by the medical card as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 May 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Willie Penrose: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the health services available to persons who have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme disease; if weekly ECG tests and blood tests every two weeks are available to such persons who need continuous assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (14 May 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Pringle: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the actions carried out to bring about diagnosis and treatment facilities for those suffering from Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20697/19]

Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Harty: ...here as the medical profession becomes aware of the condition. It can be mixed up with other chronic pain syndromes. It can be difficult to separate it from ME. As Deputy MacSharry noted, Lyme disease can masquerade as fibromyalgia. It is a diagnosis that is made over time nevertheless and sooner or later one comes to the conclusion that somebody is suffering from fibromyalgia. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (4 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease here in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Mar 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Scanlon: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with Lyme disease; the advances made over the past 12 months in terms of recognition of Lyme disease here; the supports available to general practitioners regarding same; the facilities available to public patients to test for the disease; the status of proposals to extend the medical card to persons with chronic Lyme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (26 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to persons suffering from Lyme disease; his plans to expand available treatment and specialist care for the disease; the number of specialist consultants available through the public system; the average length of time a person waits for assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/19]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...do anything for our health. They're mostly snake oil and just cost you money. That is not right. It was an extremely unhelpful comment and he should not have made it. I recently joined an awareness rally for Lyme disease. One of the campaigners comes from Carlow and she relies on health supplements so she can live a normal life because she has Lyme disease. She spends over €200...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (4 Dec 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: 431. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the concerns raised by persons with Lyme disease in terms of diagnosis, patient services and general care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50857/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Lyme Disease: Discussion

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018) See 6 other results from this answer

Marc MacSharry: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfalls in patient diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (20 Nov 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Scanlon: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the screening process in place to detect Lyme disease in blood donations; the way in which the Irish Blood Transfusion Service assesses donors for symptoms of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Nov 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the position on improving diagnostics and treatment for persons with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46198/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Disease Awareness (8 Nov 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to warn the public of the risks of Lyme disease in national parks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018) See 2 other results from this answer

Mary Butler: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the knowledge, treatment and supports available to general practitioners in particular in relation to managing Lyme disease; the status of the recognition for Lyme disease here; the supports in place in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (6 Nov 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Fiona O'Loughlin: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if annual data on the number of persons presenting and being diagnosed with Lyme disease is being recorded; the steps he has taken to address increases in cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45242/18]