Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Institute of Public Health

2:00 am

Garret Kelleher (Fine Gael)

I was going to ask a couple of other questions but in the time that I have left, I will say this. A long time ago, I worked in the directorate general for health and consumer protection and on the task force that examined the co-ordination of European Union member state responses to the possibility of chemical, biological and nuclear attacks within the European Union. This is unlikely to fall under the scope of the work being done by the IPH at present but is it envisaged that the scope of the IPH will broaden at some point to look at a possible attack on Ireland? The IPH mentioned in its opening comments that diseases and public health concerns do not recognise borders.

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