PQ 749
749. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the engagement her Department, the HSE, and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre have had with the World Health Organization and with the EU Health Security Committee in respect of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO on 17 May 2026; the steps being taken at national level to give effect to the opinion adopted by the EU Health Security Committee on 22 May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41421/26]
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749. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the engagement her Department, the HSE, and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre have had with the World Health Organization and with the EU Health Security Committee in respect of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO on 17 May 2026; the steps being taken at national level to give effect to the opinion adopted by the EU Health Security Committee on 22 May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41421/26]
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