Catherine Noone (Fine Gael)
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I have two more questions. They are not too long. I thank Professor O'Neill for his responses. It is easy to say that we need to educate parents. Parents are concerned but they are busy. In many families both parents are working, and with the best will in the world, they may not be able to allocate time to it or it may be something that is difficult for them to educate themselves on. How do we educate them in a practical way? Will they come to education programmes if they are held in the evening when they are not working?

My experience some years ago of arranging a public meeting to discuss issues relating to nutrition was that even though parents are very interested in such matters and, in the majority of cases, want the best for their children, they might not, for various reasons, attend such a meeting.