Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Child Care: Discussion
9:30 am
Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source
We have one of the lowest rates of breast feeding in Europe and it is very poorly funded. Last year, only approximately €100,000 was spent nationally in promoting breast feeding in Ireland. The 26-week period on its own will not do it for our children who are breast-fed.
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