Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)
10:30 am
Ms Cliona Loughnane:
If people are on a low income, their food expenditure makes up a bigger proportion of their total income. What we would say about it is that while it is slightly financially regressive, it is very progressive from a health perspective. The reason for that is that obesity is regressive. Obesity disproportionately impacts-----