Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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433. To ask the Minister for Health if the western blot test will be used to test persons for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25472/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 481 on 23 May 2017, which explains the testing procedures undertaken in Ireland to diagnose Lyme disease. Any decision concerning testing for Lyme disease in an individual case would be a made following discussion between the doctor and the patient based on the clinical facts.