Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has appointed the proposed task force on osteoporosis; if so, the members of same; if not, when the task force will be set up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14634/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has supported the National Council on Ageing and Older People and the Health Service Executive in the establishment of a steering committee to oversee the development of a strategy to prevent falls and fractures in the ageing population.

The membership of the group is: Dr. Marie Laffoy, chairman, Mr. Rodd Bond, Ms Melissa Canny, Dr. Brian Carey, Ms Geraldine Delorey, Ms Úna Dunne Shannon, Ms Anna de Suin, Dr. Frances Horgan, Prof. Rose Anne Kenny, Mr. Shay McGovern, Dr. Sheila MacEvilly, MsCecilia McQuade, Ms Aoife O'Brien, Ms Tracy Swanton, Ms Catherine Blake, Dr. Bernard Walsh, Ms Gráinne Flanagan-Rughoobur, Dr. Geraldine McMahon, Dr. Shelagh Wright, Mr. Bob Carroll and Ms Olga McDaid. This committee is chaired by the HSE, and it is understood that a subgroup has been established to examine the area of osteoporosis.