Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. D.O. O'Connor:
I think we have mentioned it already. The booklet that members have in front of them is the health homework journal, which slots into one's homework journal, but it is not consistent across all primary schools. Some schools actually sell advertising in the journals to support the cost of them to the schools. Having a national homework journal that ingrained Super Troopers or the equivalent in respect of the importance of health and nutrition as part of homework would be one way of getting into the homes. Ultimately, for us, it is about the cost and trying to justify it. We decided a long time ago that we would not wait. We had various conversations and we decided we could not wait. We are not necessarily going to wait now either. We want to drive on and get the programme to all the schools. We just have to figure out how to do so.