Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 25 Jun 1996

Vol. 467 No. 4

Written Answers. - National AIDS Strategy Committee.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Ceist:

91 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the names of the members of the National AIDS Strategy Committee; whether each member is representing an organisation or merely on the committee as an individual with a particular interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13293/96]

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Limerick East): The National AIDS Strategy Committee is comprised of as broadly representative a membership as practicable both from the statutory and from the voluntary services. The details the Deputy requested are outlined as follows:

Name	Representing
Mr. Brian O'Shea, T.D. Minister of State, Dept. of Health	Chairperson
Dr. Joe Barry	Eastern Health Board.
Mr. John Dennehy	Department of Education.
Mr. Donal Devitt	Chairman, Care and Management Sub-Committee, Department of Health.
Dr. Enda Dooley	Chief Medical Officer, Prison Service, Department of Justice.
Mr. Jimmy Duggan	Department of Health.
Mr. Frank Dunne	Department of Justice (Chairman, Anti-Discrimination Sub-Committee).
Mr. Tony Geoghegan	AIDS Liaison Forum.
Mr. Kieran Hickey	Eastern Health Board (Chairman, HIV Surveillance Sub-Committee).
Dr. Jim Kiely	Deputy Chief Medical Officer Department of Health.
Mr. Joseph Martin	AIDS Liaison Forum
Ms Mary Ellen McCann	Voluntary Drug Sector.
Mr. Owen Metcalfe	Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health
	(Chairman, Education and Prevention Sub-Committee).
Mr. Tom Mooney	Department of Health.
Dr. Fiona Mulcahy	St. James's Hospital.
Dr. John O'Connor	Drug Treatment Centre, Pearse Street.
Mr. Tony O'Gormain	Department of Education.
Dr. Fergus O'Kelly	Irish College of General Practitioners.
Dr. Mary O'Mahony	Southern Health Board.
Mr. Mick Quinlan	Statutory Health Service HIV/AIDS Workers.
Ms Deirdre Seery	AIDS Liaison Forum.
Dr. Gerard Sheehan	Beaumont/Mater Hospitals.
Ms Penny Stuart	AIDS Liaison Forum.
Prof. William Hall	Virus Reference Laboratory.
Ms Marguerite Woods	Voluntary Drug Sector.