Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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670. To ask the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be recognised as a disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/19]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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741. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure fibromyalgia is classified as a disability. [13333/19]

Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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879. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to classify fibromyalgia as a form of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13832/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 670, 741 and 879 together.

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome associated with wide-spread pain and fatigue. It is labelled a syndrome as fibromyalgia is a collection of signs, symptoms and medical problems that tend to occur together but are not related to a specific, identifiable cause. Fibromyalgia is not classified as a disability and there are currently no plans for the reclassification of fibromyalgia.