Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is. The purpose of the meeting today was to let members become aware of it. Deputy Ó Cuív and Senator O'Neill referred to what the committee or members could do. We all have websites, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts so the first thing we could do is put up a notice pointing to a link to the NHF website and the booklet, which is free online. That would be a start. The second thing, which has just been referenced by Senator Comiskey, is the fact that schools, particularly primary schools, have successfully developed the Green Flag programme. Joining with that in some fashion might allow it to become a module of the Green Flag. The programme was initially about recycling and then included energy saving, so it has moved beyond the first aspect of green. What we are talking about is sustainable eating, and the buzzwords "eat smart", "move smart" and "energy in, energy out" are easy to message to people. It is something we should encourage. The fact that the non-industry stakeholders outnumber the others is a healthy sign, even though the industry people provide all the cash. It is probably a balance one would like to see in other areas but it is hard to strike. The autonomy of the NHF must be preserved, and I know it is. As Dr. Cullen said, I opened this year's seminar and I was very impressed. It included Annalise Murphy, our unluckiest Olympian, who gave a very interesting talk.

It is a matter of creating awareness. We are all aware that obesity exists. Professor O'Shea and others who are doing a great deal of work on this are genuinely concerned about it. We all have a duty to ensure that we at least keep the issue on the agenda. When we get submissions from the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, for various reasons we should continuously challenge that they are health-proofed. We had an issue with the cheese, as Deputy Heydon said, and the National Dairy Council became very exercised by it. It gave a graphic and factual demonstration of what was at stake and why, in its view, it was a flawed proposal. It was agreed to withdraw it afterwards. That is what we must continue to work towards.

I thank Dr. Cullen for attending. Perhaps she would send the link to that booklet to the secretariat of the committee. We will circulate it to the members and we can put it on our social interactive pages on the web so that people can read it and realise it is free. I suggest that members do that when they get the opportunity.

We will suspend the meeting to allow Dr. Cullen to withdraw and the new witnesses to take their seats.