Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I put on my old hat, my next question relates to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The committee on children in the previous Dáil did significant work on childhood obesity. One of the recommendations that flowed from the report we produced was on the importance of healthy eating and, specifically, the subject of home economics and its importance in the senior cycle. We recommended more involvement outside of the sphere of home economics, taking in other subjects or classes in the curriculum to promote healthy eating. Is the Minister aware of that? Is there a programme in the Department looking at that in the context of the Minister's proposed leaving certificate reform and secondary school examinations across junior and senior cycle? Is healthy eating being looked at in the context of the curriculum?