Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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307. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department is working with the new Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative aiming to help member states reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases particularly in relation in cardiovascular disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/22]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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308. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging with the co-creation process to prioritise topics as part of the new Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative aiming to help member states reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases; the Irish representatives that engage with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 308 together.

The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases is establishing a sub-group to advise the Commission on the implementation of the ‘Healthier together: EU Non-communicable Diseases Initiative’.

The sub-group is only due to have its first meeting on 28 January 2022; the topic of non-communicable diseases includes a broad range of different diseases including cardiovascular disease and the Department has nominated officials from its Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and International Units to join the sub-group. The Department will engage with EU partners on this initiative as it develops.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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309. To ask the Minister for Health if there are Irish representatives on the Steering Group on Health Promotion sub-group to support the governance of the Healthier Together- EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2821/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases is establishing a sub-group to advise the Commission on the implementation of the ‘Healthier together: EU Non-communicable Diseases Initiative’. The topic of non-communicable diseases includes a broad range of different diseases and the Department has nominated officials from its Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and International Units to join the sub-group, which is due to have its first meeting on 28 January 2022.