Committee Reports::Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, 1999-2000::07 December, 2000::Appendix

APPENDIX 3

Meetings of the Joint Committee

MEETING NUMBER

DATE

SUBJECT

36

15.12.99

Breastfeeding: Presentation by the National Maternity Hospital Breastfeeding Initiative Team

37

20.1.00

Presentation by DEBRA Ireland

38

3.2.00

Private Session

39

17.2.00

Safety of Blood Products: Presentation by the Blood Products Liaison Group of the Southern Health Board

40

22.2.00

Presentations on the status of Natural Health Products (including St. John’s Wort) by representatives of: (i) Department of Health and Children, (ii) Irish Medicines Board, (iii) The Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, (iv) The Health Products Alliance Note: the Committee met in joint session with the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business

41

14.3.00

Safety of Blood Products: Presentation by the Blood Transfusion Service Board

42

30.3.00

Nursing Issues: Presentation by the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Employers Agency

43

5.4.00

Private Session

44

20.4.00

Private Session

45

11.5.00

Presentation by the Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities

46

18.5.00

Private Session

47

25.5.00

Safety of Blood Products: Presentation by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service

48

8.6.00

Breastfeeding: Presentation by the Health Promotion Unit of the Department of Health and Children

49

22.6.00

Private Session

50

20.7.00

Water Fluoridation: Presentations by (i) Mr. George Gavin, Chief Dental Officer of the Department of Health and Children, (ii) Professor Denis O’Mullane, Cork Dental School, (iii) Mr. Robert Pocock, VOICE, (iv) Dr. Liz Cullen, Irish Doctors Environmental Association, (v) Mr. George Glasser, Investigative writer.

51

12.10.00

Water Fluoridation: Presentation by Dr. Hardy Limeback, University of Toronto

52

26.10.00

Private Health Insurance: Presentations by BUPA Ireland and VHI Healthcare

53

9.11.00

Private Session

54

23.11.00

Vaccination of Children: Presentations by parents and support groups - (i) HOPE Project, (ii) Allergy Induced Autism, (iii) Informed Immunisation Network, (iv) Concerned Parents, (v) Ms Frances Howlin and Ms. Marguerite Ronayne