Results 1-16 of 16 for lyme disease speaker:John McGuinness

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

John McGuinness: ...has to provide documentation relevant to that which will cost it the best part of €4 million, yet it will not turn around and resolve that issue. It is an issue that has gone on for far too long. As regards the Lyme disease issue, people have been outside the gates for as long as I have been a Member of the House and to this day they are not being recognised. The laboratories in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: ...this. We tend to do an awful lot of reports and we do not learn from other countries. I have highlighted the fact that France seems to be leading the way but Canada has a similar approach to this disease. In New York the same thing is happening, with a cross-departmental approach to solving the issue of Lyme disease. If all of these countries are taking roughly the same initiative and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 69. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward a Lyme disease strategy to help those suffering from the condition. [43600/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Writing in July 2018, Kerry Lawless outlined her experience of suffering from Lyme disease:My life became this tiny thing. Someone who had worked hard, played hard, travelled extensively, loved large, lived life to the full. I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse with one or two good friends to sustain me... I thought about ending it all. There have been regular protests outside...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: ...worn out. Beat down. Broke. Defeated. I couldn’t face another ten years". If one listens to the reply he has just given, however, while work is ongoing, the campaign for the recognition of Lyme disease has gone on for years but little or nothing has been done. While the Minister is waiting for the report, the fact of the matter is that in France the Government has a model of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (19 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: 49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; his plans to improve follow-up care for persons following diagnosis; his views on whether current training for doctors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (29 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU cross border directive relative to health care covers the cost of tests to determine if a person has Lyme disease; if this directive covers treatment for Lyme disease in another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30723/17]

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: ...a better service. They had a proven model that worked perfectly but it did not suit the HSE or the Department of Health and they ended up in poor health themselves. We have all been asked about Lyme disease and many other diseases, but nothing happens. Protests are held outside the gates, but nothing happens. Therefore, it falls to the Minister. I wish to mention the case of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (11 Apr 2017)

John McGuinness: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the results of tests for Lyme disease carried out by a laboratory (details supplied) are not accepted by the Health Service Executive; if the same standard of test can be undertaken here; if so, the location in which; if tests undertaken here are restricted in any way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Mar 2017)

John McGuinness: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to persons who have to travel to Germany to have Lyme disease treated; the financial support available for Lyme disease patients that require ongoing medical treatment and medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2017)

John McGuinness: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons with Lyme disease. [12083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Feb 2017)

John McGuinness: 104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services for persons with Lyme’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (24 Jan 2017)

John McGuinness: 459. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues raised at a meeting on 2 August 2016 between officials from his Department and advocates for support and services for Lyme disease patients; his plans to assist persons seeking diagnosis relative to lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (10 Nov 2016)

John McGuinness: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take in support of persons with Lyme disease; his views on a television documentary screened recently and if he will address all of the issues raised; his views on a submission made by a support group (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 40 new persons joined the support group immediately following the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (30 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: 352. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide help and advice to persons with Lyme disease; the information available through his Department and the Health Service Executive regarding this disease; his plans to meet a group representing those with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36605/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Classification (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he or the Health Service Executive have taken relative to the care of the needs of those with Lyme Disease; his response to those involved in a campaign to have the disease properly recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1115/13]