Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Public Health Nurses: Discussion
10:20 am
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
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We have identified the problem of obesity. There is only so much public health nurses can do. Is there something else we, the Department or the HSE can do to give a level of support to public health nurses to deal with this issue, even if it is providing more information? It is a frightening problem given that 25% of children are obese at three years of age. What is the witnesses' view on that?