(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the attendance of doctors from his Department at the annual USA Federal Drug Administration Conference on Antibiotics.

No information regarding a conference such as is mentioned in the question has been received in my Department or in the Department of External Affairs. The American Embassy in Ireland similarly has no information. A list of medical meetings in the USA in 1964 published in the Journal of the American Medical Association does not include any reference to such a conference.

I am making further inquiries, however, and if the Deputy will repeat his question in about three weeks, I may have additional information.