Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)

10:30 am

Ms Cliona Loughnane:

If people are on a low income, their food expenditure makes up a bigger proportion of their total income. What we would say about it is that while it is slightly financially regressive, it is very progressive from a health perspective. The reason for that is that obesity is regressive. Obesity disproportionately impacts-----

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