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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Fitzpatrick made a comment about a possible solution. I cannot disagree with any of the comments, which were brilliant. However, we held a similar discussion here last week. Let us suppose I am in the supermarket and I have my shopping list. How do I relate it to the top shelf and the pyramid? How do we get the mindset of the mother or the father or the person doing the shopping...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: How can we give that support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, Ms Mulvihill. We will now take questions from members, beginning with Deputy Catherine Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: That is an important aspect of healthy eating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I take this opportunity to welcome Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor to her first meeting of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Deputy Robert Dowds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is in enough trouble already. He should-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Eamonn Coghlan's programme is in place also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: That issue is not on the agenda today. We will come back to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: We hope we can work in parallel with the work on the task force report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for attending, for their very comprehensive presentations and for answering questions. I thank the members. I remind the latter that the questions for the Minister for Health and the HSE, to be answered at the meeting on 15 November, should be submitted to the secretariat before the close of business today.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (16 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided through his Department, in each of the last five years, to each sporting organisation who had athletes representing Ireland at this year's Olympic games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44837/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (16 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the effectiveness and use of money provided to high performance units who had athletes representing Ireland at this year's Olympic games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44838/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (16 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will recommend to the high performance units of all sports that each considers implementing a model similar to that used by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association HPU and that each reports back with a feasibility study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44839/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (17 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for developing childcare; if she will recommend a proposed model of childcare; if she has examined the model of childcare used in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45220/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Sector (18 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the revised ports policy; if he will elaborate on the main themes which will feature in the document; if he will outline the role which the Port of Cork will have under the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44935/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (18 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop and publish an aviation policy for the State, setting out a clear vision for the development of this sector over the coming decade; if Cork Airport will be a central component to this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44936/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Francis Fitzgerald, and Ms Elizabeth Canavan, assistant secretary, Ms Moira O'Mara, director, and Mr. Peter Hanrahan, assistant principal officer, at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Our meeting comes at an opportune time as we are in the middle of the campaign for the children's referendum - an important plebiscite....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not a matter for this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind the Deputy that representatives of Dáil na n-Óg will come before the committee on 22 November next.