Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 557 of 27 September 2011, the reason that the minutes of the 2010 meetings of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health have not been made public; if he will ensure their publication in view of the €200,000 of public money spent for each meeting of that body in that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27422/11]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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The minutes for the meeting of March 2010 were delayed due to staff shortages. They were approved in 2010 and are available on the Expert Body's website, www.fluoridesandhealth.ie. The draft minutes for the meeting of November 2010 have been prepared and will be approved at the next meeting of the Expert Body. While the budget for the Expert Body in 2010 was €400,000, total expenditure for the year was €354,000, of which the costs associated with the meetings were about €2,000.