Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised)
10:30 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I wish to raise two points with regard to other services. Subhead A2 - the Food Safety Promotion Board - shows a decrease of just over 5%. Will the Minister give an explanation of the relationship, if any, between the Food Safety Promotion Board and safefood? One of the six cross-Border implementation bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement, safefood, has significant and growing public identification. I am anxious to know the relationship between the two bodies, their specific roles and demarcation and whether there is an overlap. In regard to subhead G, under other services, there is an increase of almost 100% in the provision for the dissemination of information, conferences and publications. What exactly is intended in 2015 that warrants or merits such a significant increase in provision?
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