Ms Rita Sexton:

The position of the Department of Education and Skills is that it does not intend to instruct schools to end the practice of having vending machines. As I mentioned in my opening statement, the Department has issued healthy lifestyle guidance to schools. Part of that is about schools having healthy eating policies and looking after the well-being of students so a school in having a vending machine needs to balance that. Schools could have vending machines that would have healthy snacks. My colleagues will address the Deputy's other questions.