Bernard Allen
Ceist:467 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will restructure the tuberculosis services here; and if he has received a report recommending this restructuring. [24103/00]
Written Answers. - Hospital Services.
The report of the working party on tuberculosis which had been established to evaluate policy on the prevention and treatment of the disease in Ireland and to make appropriate recommendations, was published in 1996. The report makes recommendations for the prevention and treatment of the disease. The recommendations cover a range of issues including epidemiology; surveillance; screening; preventative therapy; clinical management and laboratory diagnosis. As recommended in the report, a permanent committee, the national tuberculosis committee, has been established to advise on a detailed national strategy for the control and management of tuberculosis and it reviews a wide range of relevant issues on an ongoing basis.