Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To return to the GP issue and their reluctance to discuss the issue of obesity, it may not be a problem in Dublin but it is a problem in rural areas. The study done by the people who won the Young Scientist competition this year examined the relationship between being overweight and excessive drinking. We seem to have failed to get that message out there that excessive drinking and being overweight poses a risk to one's health. GPs are reluctant to become involved in that debate. Perhaps I am interpreting it wrongly but that is the feedback that I am getting from hospitals in particular.