John O'Mahony (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Vice Chairman for reading that out. Under this programme, the Olympic Federation of Ireland visits transition year pupils in schools. Olympic athletes are involved in rolling it out. The aim of the programme is to inspire and increase youth participation in sports through using Olympic athletes. There is a figure that one child in four in Ireland is unfit, overweight or obese and this is an excellent programme. It would be of benefit if it were rolled out in all schools. Next year is an Olympic year and it would be good to highlight the benefits of the programme. Perhaps the committee can combine it with other presentations. It would be important to highlight it here because this is an issue. We have talked a lot about elite athletes but this cuts across health and education.