Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation concerning the draft proposal for articles 9 and 10 of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control; if civil servants from the Department of Health and Children are attending the weekly EU Council working groups on the FCTC; if she expects Europe to adopt a common position on the FCTC, specifically articles 9 and 10, for the Uruguay conference between the 15 and 20 November 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36942/10]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Draft guidelines for the implementation of Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be presented to the 4th Conference of the Parties in November. My Department submits observations through the Health Attaché in Brussels who attends the Council Health Working Party meetings at which the EU comments are being co-ordinated. Preliminary comments that were agreed by Member States have already been forwarded by the EU to the WHO. As the official negotiations on the draft guidelines have not yet been opened, it is not appropriate to elaborate further on the matter.