Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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I thank Ms O'Connor. It is wonderful to know all of that. I will send on details of the school.

I want to acknowledge Sport Ireland for its work with primary schools, particularly the marathon for kids programme which has been rolled out in a number of schools in my area. I understand the athlete, David Gillick, was there. It is about building healthy and active routines for children and about their mental health and well-being. Sport is good for the head and good for the heart. I thank our teachers, principals and the Department of Education for working with Sport Ireland on that particular programme. It is a wonderful way to help children to create good habits and routines, which I still do not have. It is important that we encourage children to do that at a young age and to keep it up. It is really is wonderful. I again thank the groups involved.