Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will turn to the members in that case. I have a few queries myself. Mr. Macey spoke about vending machines. We had a debate earlier on. Is it his view that vending machines should be banned outright? There is a divergence of opinion in that regard.

On the sugar tax that will be coming in, one of the recommendations was that it should be ring-fenced. There would certainly be a number of us who would think that. However, it has already been stated that it cannot happen. If it was to be ring-fenced, what measures does Mr. Macey think it should go towards? There seems to be a difference between the facts he has given on the availability of free drinking water and those of the Department. That is something we will have to take up with the Department separately again. The clerk to the committee might write to the Department looking for clarification on it.

Turning to Safe Food, it is good to see the education piece around MediaWise and also around the hygienic handling of food. That is very important and we cannot forget about it. In terms of monitoring, which the Department of Health has also mentioned, the monitoring of nutritional standards for the school meals scheme is hugely important. I would be interested to hear the witnesses' views on that and on how we can educate parents in making the lifestyle changes that are needed. Ms O'Flaherty mentioned that the childhood obesity campaign launch will be next week. It is very welcome. What will be new in that? Does she feel that schools have adequate time and resources to roll out what is needed in terms of the collaboration with the Department?

I will now hand over to my colleagues.