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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]

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection is generally mild affecting only the skin, but can occasionally be more severe and debilitating. Lyme borreliosis is a notifiable infectious disease, the...

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