Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act, 1960
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General duty of the Minister as respects health surveys. |
6.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Minister to arrange from time to time for such surveys as appear to him to be desirable to be made as respects the health, or any particular aspects of the health, of persons, or of particular classes of persons, in the functional area of a health authority in relation to whom regulations under section 2 of this Act are in force. | |
(2) A survey under this section may be arranged through the health authority or their officers or through such other organisation or body as the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(3) The Minister shall cause to be presented to each House of the Oireachtas a report on a survey made under this section but such report shall not include any information in respect of any identifiable person. | ||
(4) Any information in relation to the health of individuals which is obtained in the course of a survey under this section shall be treated in a confidential manner. | ||
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as imposing an obligation on any person to submit himself or any person for whom he is responsible to examination. |