Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Healthy eating guidelines have been developed for schools. We have the school meals programme within schools. We also have campaigns around healthy eating. It is important to target the schools. Sometimes, children are the best messengers and take home the message about healthy eating and what constitutes a balanced diet. Schools have the SPHE and well-being programmes. In terms of recycling, who are the leaders? It is not the parents and grandparents, but the children coming home and talking about how to recycle. The same approach works for healthy eating. If we can get the message into schools, the children will bring it home. There are no better communicators.