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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The committee will vote on the amendment proposed by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and seconded by Deputy Catherine Byrne if there is no agreement to the amendment. Is the motion, as amended, agreed to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I think the motion is carried.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: On the amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes; we will have a vote. As there are 21 members, does the Senator want a roll call or to record-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator want a vote on the amendment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: As there are fewer than 21 members present, under Standing Orders we are obliged to wait for eight minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with the Standing Orders, the clerk to the committee will send a message to both Houses that Deputy Ó Caoláin's amendment has been agreed to. I remind members that as the management of the facilities on the Leinster House campus is a matter appropriate to the Joint Administration Committee, the clerk to the committee will also send a copy of the amended motion to that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank members for their patience and forbearance and I apologise to our witnesses for the delay. We had a debate on the cessation of smoking within the Leinster House campus, which also comes under our remit. We are holding our final hearing on the issue of childhood obesity. I welcome Dr. Muireann Cullen, Nutrition and Health Foundation; Mr. Barry Walsh, Institute of Leisure and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Cullen for her very informative presentation. On behalf of the joint committee may I extend our best wishes to Mr. Rice, the former manager who just retired. I am very much aware that Dr. Cullen and her group worked with Mr. Rice in promoting a healthy Leinster House complex. A signature part of her achievement is that we have a healthy option on the menu. This is a good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I advise Mr. White that he is speaking under privilege and words such as "fake movement" are not necessarily correct. I ask Mr. White to be careful in his use of language for his own sake and to protect the people who work in these organisations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. White for his thought-provoking and analytical presentation. The final presentation is from the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management, ILAM. I welcome Ms Christine Moloney and Mr. Barry Walsh. I served on the board of Leisure World with Ms Moloney for a number of years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Moloney for attending and for an excellent presentation. We will take questions now from Deputies Troy, Ó Caoláin and other members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Does that indicate the difficulty we encounter that we see fruit as being the non-sexy choice when it should be the first choice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Personal responsibility-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Hold on, Mr. White. Many Members took part in “Operation Transformation”. For us, it involved a collective and personal decision about our own eating habits. If someone does not take ownership of a problem, how can we arrive at a solution to it? I accept Mr. White’s point that it is not all about personal responsibility, but how we can move forward without people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: No, it is not. I think Mr. White is mistaken. To be fair to committee members, they did not do that this morning. They have said there are other issues to be taken into consideration. Mr. White is doing them a disservice by claiming they are focusing solely on the issue of personal responsibility when they are not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is why it is a priority issue for the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to put one question to Mr. White based on the previous themes. He listened to Ms Moloney's presentation and her example. Let us consider his comments about commands to exercise being drivel. The 12-week weight loss programme to which Ms Moloney referred is an example of what can be done. Admittedly, it is not only a question of 12 weeks; it involves a lifetime commitment to change....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Is the issue of safety a concern for your industry? Are insurance premiums and litigation of concern?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Has ILAM costed its proposals on VAT and benefit-in-kind in terms of the implications for the Exchequer? Has it negotiated any decision with health insurers?