Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a good segue for a few brief points to our other guests. It is a no-brainer for Laya Healthcare to be involved in schemes such as these and I compliment it on that. I did so publicly four years ago when it was introduced. It is fantastic, as is the work being done with the Food Dudes programme. They are similar. Is there anything to be said for that being rolled out through the Department of Education and Skills? Obviously, there are many different players in this space so I do not know which of our guests will wish to comment on that. They are in many schools, although I am not sure of the extent to which Bord Bia is managing to infiltrate the system. As in other areas, there are many protagonists. Do we need to centralise it from the Department of Education and Skills?

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