Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion

11:20 am

Ms Michelle Murphy:

Yes. We would like to see that money ring-fenced and to see it go back into the health system. We would see school meals as being one part of it and would see the rest going into education as a whole. We would see it educating parents on nutritional diet and good and bad food to give people a choice. The long-term cost to the health system of people who consume junk food or food that is high in salt and trans fats is huge and we ultimately pay for that. This tax would be a way to reduce those costs, educate people and help people eat healthier food.

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