Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Tom NevilleTom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are still schools where it is happening. We are trying to fight the issue of childhood obesity and my point is that even one school is one too many. I cannot understand why the Departments have not identified the schools involved and engaged with them to try to fix the problem. If the issue is one of a lack of political pressure, I ask the witnesses to say so. If it is a departmental issue, this needs to be nipped in the bud. If there is nothing else achieved from our interaction this morning, I would like these schools to be identified and an immediate stop put to this practice.

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