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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Griffin: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been formally diagnosed here and in Germany as being a sufferer of Lyme disease has not received any further contact from the HSE since November 2016 despite having informed the HSE of the positive diagnosis at that time; if he will intervene with the HSE to ensure the person receives the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Griffin: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason diagnostics here for Lyme disease appear to be at odds with those of other countries such as Germany; the measures he is taking to ensure that persons with Lyme disease are accurately diagnosed; his views on cases in which persons with Lyme disease are being told in error that they are Lyme disease negative; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Griffin: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to make the public aware of the risk of Lyme disease; if he will increase public awareness of the methods of contraction, the symptoms, the treatments available and the consequences of not treating the condition; the amount the HSE spends annually on public awareness surrounding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis or LB) is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. The infection is generally mild affecting only the skin, but can occasionally be more severe. Lyme disease is the commonest...