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
Tom 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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