Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
10:25 am
Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I thank Dr. Cullen for her very informative presentation. On behalf of the joint committee may I extend our best wishes to Mr. Rice, the former manager who just retired. I am very much aware that Dr. Cullen and her group worked with Mr. Rice in promoting a healthy Leinster House complex. A signature part of her achievement is that we have a healthy option on the menu. This is a good example of how a collaborative approach to healthy eating can be achieved.
I welcome Mr. Trevor White, who is the author of a best selling restaurant guide but, more important, has written extensively on the matter under discussion and also on chefs, restaurants and the politics of food production in Ireland.