Dr. Nazih Eldin:

One of the best programmes in the country is called the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. It is in place in hospitals but also in other facilities. We allow women to express milk and preserve it. We give them breaks. We invite crèches to be aligned with the health service to help breastfeeding mothers. Industry could do similar things. It could be done easily, whether in a bank or a factory.

We talked about food, and rightly so because it is part of the problem. The food industry is part of the problem but also part of the solution. We look to them to help. One solution is to have a physical activity plan for Ireland. This plan brings together five Departments, academics, practitioners and help from all over the place. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Michael Ring, and Senator Eamonn Coghlan are supporting it. We hope to have it on the table in the near future and that the Government health committee will agree it. The plan needs huge support. We congratulate the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on its consultation document on opening facilities and sharing them with everyone. This is the response of the physical activity plan.