Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:50 am

Mr. Gerry Duffy:

In County Louth we have engaged with the De La Salle secondary school and a school in Ballapousta have asked us if we have a sugar-free flag to fly on its premises. That is something we would very much encourage and look into, but sugar-free food needs to be at the top of the list. I implore this committee to act as we are sitting on a time-bomb. This is very important. What is being put into children's lunchboxes is terrible and we need to address that as of now. I can hear that people are starting to worry and we need to do something.

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