Results 1-20 of 21 for lyme disease speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1705. To ask the Minister for Health if matters in relation to Lyme's disease (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Apr 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (3 Mar 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will recognise a diagnosis of Lyme's disease after a person has been tested in another country such as Germany or the United States of America (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12167/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the level of testing in Ireland for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (22 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Services provides information on the dangers of lyme disease to staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when signs regarding the dangers of Lyme disease will be erected at the entrance of Killarney National Park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (3 Jul 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who requires treatment for Lyme disease can avail of the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29320/18]

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach is aware that people came from all over the country today to protest and raise the issue of Lyme disease. I raise this under the commitment in the programme for Government with regard to the health of the people of our nation. The Taoiseach is aware that people suffering from Lyme disease have been let down by successive Governments. I am asking for the HSE to give proper...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Incidence (27 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...presentation in the AV room, which was excellent. It was heartbreaking to hear their experiences, particularly those of one farmer whose life was turned upside down when both he and his young sons got Lyme disease. The one point I want to raise is the lack of early diagnosis. People have to get diagnosed themselves. They have to leave Ireland and go to Germany or America, and must...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Incidence (27 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...they are not really sick. We heard from patients who were told by their doctors that maybe it was a bit of a problem upstairs they actually had. They then went away and got a diagnosis of Lyme disease. They were treated for Lyme disease. The good gentleman farmer we met today, a lovely man who broke all our hearts when we heard his story, thankfully is on the road to being cured....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the testing of Lyme's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1092. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37834/17]

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to raise the issue of Lyme disease and to highlight an example of where we have really failed in Ireland - the case of Anthony Morris in County Kerry. The Rural Independent Group met Mr. Morris last week, as well as Dr. Joseph G. Jemsek, who is an infectious disease specialist in America and who has worked with Mr. Morris in trying to create awareness around this issue. As the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...the Irish Blood Transfusion Service? That is an interesting question for the Minister for Health to think about. In the United States, the CDC, from which we get our guidance and which focuses on disease prevention and control, environmental health, health promotion and health education, grossly underestimated the original figures of people affected by Lyme disease. They now diagnose a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27181/17]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...before this Dáil by me, Deputy Mattie McGrath and our group, and all of the people who were here supported it. People are waiting for a life-saving drug, Respreeza. People are suffering from Lyme disease. The Taoiseach-elect can help them. There are commitments in the programme for Government including an liquefied natural gas, LNG, project for north Kerry. That has to be...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Disease Awareness (18 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 186. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease. [23639/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (18 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase awareness of Lyme disease in view of recent protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Incidence (6 May 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if training on Lyme disease and its effects on children and adults will be offered to general practitioners and public health nurses, as part of their continuing professional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Incidence (6 May 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to appointing a rapporteur to carry out a detailed examination, and report on the situation regarding Lyme disease, and for patient representatives to be consulted as part of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17408/15]