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Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Griffin: 357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for those diagnosed with Lyme disease to receive funding for treatment abroad in view of the fact that there is no treatment for the disease available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 367 together. Testing and treatment for Lyme borreliosis is widely available in Ireland in all major hospitals. Lyme borreliosis is diagnosed by medical history and a physical examination. The infection is confirmed by blood tests which look for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi produced by an infected person's body in response to the infection....

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