Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of parental alienation syndrome; if it is recognised here; if there are plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47937/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Parental Alienation Syndrome is not included as a diagnostic entity in the International Classification of Diseases ( ICD ) or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ) and as such it would be inappropriate for me to comment on its authenticity.