Ms Cliona Loughnane:

Some research has been done around those who live in a disadvantaged community and the kinds of shops that are available to them. It appears that in many disadvantaged communities access to supermarkets is quite difficult because those people tend not to own a car and there may not be a supermarket in their area. This has been talked about in terms of food deserts. People are living in areas where they are very reliant on convenience stores. One would find that if one were to buy oranges in a convenience store that they would be expensive. This comes back to the issue that while the fiscal measure will have some impact, all these other things need to be done as well to help improve the tackling of the issue of obesity.