423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from the National Vision Coalition calling for the inclusion of a commitment to publish and implement A National Vision Strategy; if he is aware of the report from the coalition entitled Economic Cost and Burden of Eye Diseases and Preventable Blindness in Ireland which indicated that 75% to 80% of blindness is preventable and that blindness and vision impairment cost the State €205 million in 2010, but investment in cost-effective interventions could save up to €76 million per year; and his Department’s estimate of the full-year cost of implementing A National Vision Strategy along the lines recommended by the National Vision Coalition. [45736/15]

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423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from the National Vision Coalition calling for the inclusion of a commitment to publish and implement A National Vision Strategy; if he is aware of the report from the coalition entitled Economic Cost and Burden of Eye Diseases and Preventable Blindness in Ireland which indicated that 75% to 80% of blindness is preventable and that blindness and vision impairment cost the State €205 million in 2010, but investment in cost-effective interventions could save up to €76 million per year; and his Department’s estimate of the full-year cost of implementing A National Vision Strategy along the lines recommended by the National Vision Coalition. [45736/15]

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