Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised)
10:30 am
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The cost will be borne by restaurants and food producers, but it will not be a very high cost because we have the MenuCal app, a simple app which is free and can be used to calculate the number of calories in most meals. I certainly welcome the Chairman's support and that of the committee because I am sure there will be resistance to the measure. The majority of food service providers that have been surveyed say they are in favour of it, but there will be a minority that will be very much against. We know from research in America that it does affect the food choices of about 25% of people, which is a big deal.
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