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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the knowledge, treatment and supports available to general practitioners in particular in relation to managing Lyme disease; the status of the recognition for Lyme disease here; the supports in place in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018)
Carol Nolan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve treatment for Lyme disease here to mitigate the need for persons to travel abroad. [45442/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 674 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borelliosis) is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is the commonest cause of tick-borne infection in Europe. Lyme neuroborreliosis was made statutorily notifiable in Ireland by the Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. no 452 of 2011). ...