Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ms Maeve McCafferty:
When schools do not have the facilities they try to create a culture that permeates the whole school day. This includes promoting walking to school, the Food Dudes initiative and so on. I was involved in the Food Dudes initiative and it is excellent. However, schools do not have refrigeration. There are hygiene issues around storing food, giving it to children and so on. It is a matter of building the infrastructure to support the initiatives.
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