Vol. 535 No. 5
168 Ms Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children when he will be in a position to publish the final report of the Forum on Water Fluoridation; the members of the forum; the number of times they have met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13148/01]
The forum on fluoridation will make its recommendations to me towards the end of this year. It had its first meeting in September 2000 and has met on a monthly basis since, with the exception of March 2001 when the scheduled meeting was cancelled due to the foot and mouth disease control measures. The next meeting is scheduled for 10 May 2001. The members of the forum are as follows:
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Chairperson |
Professor Pat Fottrell, Former President of NUI, Galway |
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Department of Health and Children |
Dr. Gerard Gavin, Chief Dental Officer |
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Dr. Dominique Crowley |
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Department of the Environment and Local Government |
Mr. Oliver Fogarty |
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland |
Dr. Wayne Anderson |
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Dental Experts |
Professor John Clarkson |
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Professor Denis O'Mullane |
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Public Health Doctors |
Dr. Máire O'Connor |
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Dr. Howard Johnson |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Dr. Patrick Flanagan |
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Expert on Bone |
Professor Moira O'Brien Department of Anatomy, TCD |
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Regional Public Analyst |
Mr. Kevin Moyles |
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Ethical Issues |
Professor William Binchy, Regius Professor of Law, TCD |
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Health Promotion |
Professor Cecily Kelleher |
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Health Board Dentists |
Dr. Joe Mullen |
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Irish Dental Association |
Dr. Carmel Parnell |
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Economic and Social Research Institute |
Professor Miriam Wiley |
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Consumers' Association of Ireland |
Ms Dorothy Gallagher |
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Irish Doctors' Environmental Association |
Dr. Elizabeth Cullen |
