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IAFD meets Minister for Health G
erard Clarke, Stephen Collier, John Foley and Colm Kieran met the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, T.D. on 19th October. The meeting formed part of the Board’s initiative to raise the profile of the IAFD. The Minister is Stephen Collier’s local TD and as a result Stephen was able to facilitate the arrangement of the meeting. A number of interesting topics were discussed, in particular Hospital Deaths (Control of Infectious Diseases). The result in that regard will be further engagement with the Department on this very important subject for our members and funeral directors in general. In addition, future relationships with the Dept. of Health and other Government Departments were discussed, together with the subject of the profile of the IAFD. The Minister was pleased with the IAFD initiative to seek the meeting and offered to be of assistance in a number of different ways, including the provision of points of contact across relevant government ministries. The meeting was very successful and has the potential of being a significant milestone for the IAFD which should lead to other positive opportunities. More information will be made available to members as developments occur.
(L-R) John Foley (1st Vice President - IAFD), Simon Harris (Minister for Health), Stephen Collier (Colliers Funeral Directors, Bray), Gerard Clarke (President - IAFD), Colm Kieran (PRO - IAFD) 10 | FuneralTimes