Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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624. To ask the Minister for Health if annual data on the number of persons presenting and being diagnosed with Lyme disease is being recorded; the steps he has taken to address increases in cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45242/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE is responsible for the surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases such as Lyme disease. As the collation of data on Lyme disease is a service matter, I have referred this PQ to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.