Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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I will try and get three questions into one. I have been very vocal about marketing. It is not just digital marketing. It is all forms and across all platforms. I would be very interested to hear what Professor O'Shea thinks about that. I must also bring in the children's hospital. I am led to believe that a fast food unit is sponsoring a particular unit within it. I have a huge issue with that. I say that openly. I would like to hear the inputs and thoughts of the witnesses in that regard.