Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and or her Department have received correspondence from an association (details supplied) in relation to musculoskelatal disorders and the impact on the Irish labour market; her plans to address these matters at an early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21139/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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My Department has received a copy of the 'Fit For Work - Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Irish Labour Market' report referred to by the Deputy and has met with representatives of the organisations involved. I understand that these organisations have also recently presented on the subject to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and that the matter has been progressed with the HSE and the Department of Social Protection. I am now considering all the aspects of the report relevant to my Department and will be making an appropriate response in due course.