John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her response. I acknowledge the Better Outcomes Brighter Futures programme. It is a fairly comprehensive report and it is fair to acknowledge that the issue of obesity requires a whole of Government response and not just the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, but in terms of youth work, the Department has a particular role to play to ensure that for those who are engaged in youth work, this is at the top of their agenda.

I am not a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs but I acknowledge that it recently published a very detailed report with a significant number of recommendations. I take it that the Minister has read it and while the recommendations do not all directly relate to her, I ask that the recommendations that she has control and influence over are acted on in a prompt manner.

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