Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Colin Regan:

We have explored it. What we learned from the drug and alcohol space is that if we were to go to a club to do a presentation on the ills and evils of alcohol or drugs, we would get about three young people in the room. However, if we speak to a squad about why excessive or inappropriate drinking or misuse of substances negatively impact on their performance, we would had a full room.