Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

10:10 am

Photo of Catherine ByrneCatherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They are female, regardless of whether they are experts. We are all experts. I do not know how many of the delegates are married and have children, or are not married and have children, but I am interested. I grew up in a poor area, somewhat similar to the Temple Street area which I know very well. I do not remember seeing any overweight children where I grew up. I cannot even remember seeing any in school. People were on small wages, if they had any. There were no sugary drinks, except perhaps once a month if the lemonade man - that is what he was called - came around and we had a bottle of white lemonade. There was no such thing as Coca Cola or orange at the time.

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