Results 1-19 of 19 for lyme disease speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: ...those people to engage and facilitate a sweeping for ticks on an annual basis and the assessing of those ticks for infection in terms of carrying Borrelia bacteria, which are at the root of much Lyme disease that we hear about in our constituencies. We all need to get with the programme for forestry. We need to diversify what we are planting in the way Deputy Eamon Ryan set out by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Reading Dr. Lambert's biography for the Mater, that makes sense. Dr. Lambert's biography does not mention Lyme disease anywhere, either for the Mater Private Hospital or the Mater public hospital. Is there any political reason for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Would the clinical director, for instance, of the Mater or the Ireland East hospital group, say that he cannot include Lyme disease, that he or she sees Dr. Lambert as a specialist in HIV and other infectious diseases but the hospital does not want him saying anything about Lyme disease? I was only reading Dr. Lambert's biography online and there is no mention of Lyme disease. Is there any...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Up to this week, when the Lyme disease resource centre was launched, we were depending on word of mouth and GPs who were up to speed and involved with this area for people to be referred to Dr. Lambert.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: ...it is the luck of the draw based on the level of knowledge of the GP or whether the patient is lucky enough to have been led to Dr. Lambert. Is that a fair assessment of the situation surrounding Lyme disease in Ireland at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: ...and paste. They are probably good enough with regard to a lot of things. I read recently that officials from both the CDC and ISDA own or have shares in the ownership of patents relevant to some Lyme disease tests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It is a very impressive array of people, and it is difficult not to take the view that they wanted to be on message on this and to kill this discourse about Lyme disease and the mythology of there being issues surrounding this. Is Dr. Lambert a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of Ireland, IDSI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: ...with it but the witnesses prepared it specifically for this committee. It seems to be consistent with the view other than Dr. Lambert's. It mentions, and Dr. Glynn mentions, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. It is strange that there is no code in the WHO for that. I wonder why that is. How come that did not get into the dictionary? Does Mr. Glynn know the answer to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It is something I have come across internationally as well. The document references some studies in the national health institutes of the United States and other areas. Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome does not have an International Classification of Diseases code. I wonder why that is. I am just asking. That no one appears to be able to answer is a concern because I thought we were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: That said, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome is not an established or recognised code within the World Health Organization. Is that not correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Dr. Lambert earlier mentioned the establishment of a Lyme disease resource centre. Would Dr. Sheehan be a supporter of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be Dr. Sheehan's view that the view held by Dr. Lambert and others is a delusional or deluded view when it comes to Lyme disease?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: ...have contacted the joint committee and we set up anad hoc cross-party action group online because Members from all parties and none were being approached by individuals who stated that they had Lyme disease. There are two people in this room who have gone abroad for treatment and who recovered. Perhaps Professor Butler is correct in stating that it is all in their minds, but perhaps she...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018)
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: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that carried out the review of the final UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on Lyme disease; the input patient groups had into the review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47700/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason many of the key recommendations from the NICE guidelines on Lyme disease are not being implemented in particular in relation to erythema rash which is definitive of a diagnosis of Lyme disease and should receive immediate treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to ensure Ireland implements the recent recommendations of the World Health Organisation regarding Lyme disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47699/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that denial of treatment options that meet internationally accepted standards for chronic Lyme disease patients is a human rights violation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47701/18]
- HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)
Marc MacSharry: ...us to effectively dismiss those people who are suffering symptoms which they believe are connected in some way to this vaccine. There are other vaccinations like Pandemrix, as well as issues with Lyme disease and so on, around which we could listen more to dissenting voices and do what we can to embrace the needs of those people. The patient information leaflet which accompanies...