Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The development of a National Positive Ageing Strategy is a key commitment for my Office. Considerable preparatory work has taken place and the Cross Departmental Group to assist in the preparation of the Strategy is in place. At the moment I am finalising my plans for the public consultation process to inform the Strategy, the details of which I will be announcing in the next week or so. In addition, the staff of the National Council on Ageing and Older People, which is being subsumed into the Department of Health and Children, will join the Office for Older People to support the preparation of the new strategy. The legislation to dissolve the Council, the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009, is now at Second Stage in the Dáil.