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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Through the Chair please.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: We are on section 1 now, and we will keep the personal out of it.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Sorry, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It is great to have Dr. O'Malley here. I thank her for the important work she does. As the Chairman said, we have invited her in at the outset to highlight the seriousness of this problem. I have felt for a number of years that I have been bashing my head off a brick wall in raising this issue. It is starting to come into focus now. I am grateful to the Chairman for putting it on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Approximately what percentage of these families are from that demographic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: That is a huge percentage. There is a significant psychological element to this issue. Obesity can affect a child regardless of the family from which he or she comes. People say that it is the responsibility of the parents. As I know, one can have the best parents in the world but still end up with this problem. Sometimes it becomes an issue before parents realise it is happening. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: I have a few more questions. Can Dr. O'Malley tell us about a typical patient who is attending her services in order that we might learn more about how the life of a particular child unfolds when he or she has this problem? Would Dr. O'Malley like to tell us about any particular child who sticks out in her mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Of course. I would not like Dr. O'Malley to identify them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It can be very clearly identified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: I would like to ask about the role played by supermarkets and food producers. We will have a lot of these people before the committee. In advance of that, I am interested in Dr. O'Malley's perception of their role in this regard. I did some research on the deals available in supermarkets and how likely they are to drive consumer purchasing. Does Dr. O'Malley have any comments to make on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Dr. O'Malley mentioned the sugar tax. Obviously its efficacy remains to be seen. Does she think we need to have a sugar tax on more of the items available in shops? Experts have said that if there is one item we should tax, it would be sugar-sweetened drinks. The big effect of that, even in advance of the tax's implementation, is the reformulation. A lot less sugar is going into foods...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: What is happening with teeth? I hear about children having operations. Although I have not spoken to her in a long time, I have a friend who is a paediatric dentist. Children are having a lot of their baby teeth removed and then having their adult teeth removed. Does Dr. O'Malley deal with that? Obviously she is not in the dental area, but a referral from her must often be made to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: She would have the same views as Dr. O'Malley about the part-time nature of her role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It is hard to be a healthy adult when teeth are compromised at a very young age.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: I could be here all day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: Foreign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: I have no problem with the nanny state policies, as my colleague knows well. I got an award recently for being Queen Nanny from a smoking group and actually turned up to receive it. I am all for whatever measures need to be put in place. There is a fine line between us actually taking over the parenting of children as a Government. Once a child is obese, it will be an issue for them in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: It could even be more than that. Dr. O'Malley is the expert but I would say that once those fat cells are created, the person is constantly fighting that. They are fighting their body's wish to get back to what it was. I have heard Professor Donal O'Shea talk about the body's memory and wanting to get back to that space. It is clearly so important that we deal with this. Bariatric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Noone: And the adults as well.