Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Joint Committee On Health

Eating Disorders: Bodywhys

Photo of Frances BlackFrances Black (Independent)
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I thank the Bodywhys representatives very much for their presentations today. We greatly appreciate that they have come in, especially at such short notice, as we did not give them much time. This is an area we are very concerned about and we want to learn more about it. The numbers they have given us today of approximately 9,000 in 2021, which does not include the families, the peers and all the people around that, are quite phenomenal when you think about it. I thank them also for the great work they are doing.