Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. John Treacy:

One of the pieces that helped in recent times was that some funding came through, allowing us to put local development officers in place. Their job is to go into disadvantaged areas and knock on doors, get people out and find the leaders in the community. There are a number of programmes that we roll out, such as dormant account funding, setting up sports hubs and getting the communities and various clubs involved. There are targeted areas and these hubs are in disadvantaged areas. Some of the hubs are linking schools and clubs and all that type of work.