The Department of Health is being called on to develop a comprehensive National Brain Strategy.

Figures reveal one in every four people in Ireland is living with a neurological condition.

The cost of brain disorders to the European economy is in the region of 800 billion euro a year - or 3 billion in Ireland alone.

 Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey says a national strategy is required to address the need for better research, treatment and rehabilitation: