Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Colin Ryan:

-----that traditionally might not have existed. All of that is a broader issue called permeability in planning. That aspect of the urban environment has been considered over the years. In south Dublin that aspect was considered for a series of projects and Ms Martin has said the same about other projects in towns. It is about considering the links. The location of schools is fixed but where the children come from is not particularly fixed but there is a radius. From the point of view of a local authority or council, it does not take much to identify the points of vulnerability and, having identified them, ways to improve them can be considered.