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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Regarding three meetings, how did the group come up with the locations? Dr. Fiona Keogh is looking at me now and thinks that I want to know why Galway was left out. However, I want to know why the locations were not chosen based on the CHO areas. Why was it not broken down that way? Why were only three locations use? I ask this because we talk about A Vision for Change and how it failed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I do not want to disenfranchise an area, but Mr. Kane can see where I am coming from.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Representatives from all the CHOs have been before the committee. They were forthcoming and gave us their time. I ask Mr. Kane to widen the consultation to ensure communities are not left out. Using three locations is too narrow. That is not a criticism. Reference was made to the child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, but Galway is one of the areas that has the required 22...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations this morning. My daughter is in second year, and I had better compliment Ms Murtagh and Ms Lohan, her home economics teachers. The skill sets that children receive are the basis of education, and I welcome that the witnesses have said they would like to see home economics being made compulsory. They have asked that this be the case and when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That proposal would be the early intervention that is required, before even coming to the ECCE level. To be fair to teachers in the national schools, they are already doing some of that themselves. If they cannot do it in the classroom children are brought out into the local community so that they can experience harvesting and making soups. I believe the suggestion the witness has made is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Has the initiative been piloted anywhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I asked a question about breastfeeding. Have any studies been done in terms of breastfeeding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Did Ms Matvienko-Sikar come across the home managers and advisers and the good work I hear they do, or how that had an impact on families?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What about physical education in schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What about weighing in secondary schools? It was discussed last week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Ms Hickey for her honesty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank all of the witnesses for their statements. I note that they were in the Public Gallery for the earlier part of our meeting so they will have an understanding of the committee's position. I am very interested in the work done by Philip Moyles on no-fry zones, but I note that it is only in one area of the country. Has the policy been rolled out elsewhere? In terms of county...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I am not speaking for everybody else. Consideration of the no-fry zones must be done by the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. All the heavy lifting has been done. There has to be very good work there that other county councils or the Department can take on board as a guideline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is what I was coming to. It is not just the branding of the chipper. Unless everything in the deli is all salad, it will not be perfectly healthy. I am thinking about the kids on their lunch breaks having a chicken roll with other ingredients. That cannot be a healthy, balanced, nutritional lunch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I do not want to focus on the delis or the service stations either. Sometimes in schools what canteens produce might not be the healthiest option either. Rolls can be available and possibly the chicken might be brought in. Portion size is an issue. We have to consider what goes on inside the four walls of schools. Do the witnesses agree with me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is invaluable information and I thank Ms Reynolds for sharing it with us. My last question related to broadcasting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I will explain where I am coming from. The submission referred to three year olds recognising the brands. They know brands better than they know ABCs at three years of age. I talk openly about the big movie television slot. We know who sponsors it and the time of the evening when it is on. We know it is targeted marketing and we also know about the gimmicks being advertised to attract...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 144. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have home help hours approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (30 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (29 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the external independent clinical review of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital. [23507/18]